DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) Henry Geldzahler with Hat, 1976
Lot 13
6 0007 000
signed, numbered and dated in pencil ‘66/76 David Hockney 76’
lithograph on Arches paper
published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with the blindstamp, the stamp of the publisher on the reverse and the workshop number in pencil ‘DH 76-760’
sheet 36.5 x 32 cm
PROVENANCE:
Collection Kampmann-Ludwig, Berlin
Private collection
LITERATURE:
Scottish Arts Council 181
In 1976, David Hockney created his remarkable Friends series, capturing the essence and personality of his sitters with characteristic clarity and warmth. Executed at Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles, the portraits were drawn from life as Hockney’s friends posed before him, often within carefully constructed, domestic-like settings. Offering a deeply autobiographical glimpse into the artist’s Los Angeles circle of the 1970s, the series includes depictions of Henry Geldzahler , Mo McDermott, Brooke Hopper, Billy Wilder.