Lot 104
  • 104

DAVID HOCKNEY | Mo

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • David Hockney
  • Mo
  • signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 1969
  • pencil on paper
  • 43.4 by 35.6 cm. 17 by 14 in.

Provenance

Kasmin Limited, London
Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in July 1969)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the printed catalogue are fairly accurate although the tonality of the paper tends more towards soft cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is hinged verso to the window mount along the upper edge and undulates slightly. Extremely close inspection reveals some faint handling marks towards the centre of the lower edge and a tiny spec of media to the right edge approximately 10 cm. from the centre. Further close inspection revels a faint and unobtrusive horizontal impression along the upper edge.
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Catalogue Note

"Drawing is the discipline that has informed David Hockney’s approach to every medium - including painting" 

Paul Melia: ‘The Drawings of David Hockney’, in: Ulrich Luckhardt and Paul Melia,
David Hockney: A Drawing Retrospective, London 1995, p. 15.