David Hockney
Celia Looks (from A Series of Hand Drawn Lithographs from 1979-80) (M.C.A.T. 247)
About this Item
signed, dated 80, numbered 21/54 in pencil and embossed with the Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles chopmark and ink stamp, 1995 in the margin
Notes
14 artist's proofs and an edition of 54, printed by James Reid and Robert Meyer.
'In Celia Looks, 1980, Hockney further reduces Celia's likeness to essential lines. Depicted in profile, with her hand gently resting on her chin, Celia gazes to the left of the picture plane. Her visage fills the sheet, allowing the viewer to intently examine her in the same way Hockney would have done. Using a heavy line to trace the silhouette of Celia's profile, Hockney transforms his muse into a regal figure who might adorn a coin face.'1
1. (no date) Hockney's Muse, Phillips, online, https://www.phillips.com/article/101235844/hockney-muse-celia-birtwell, accessed 26 September 2024.
Literature
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2023) David Hockney, Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, unpaginated.
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