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拍品专文
This delightful, exuberantly coloured lithograph is an early foray into the medium (see also lots 1 & 3) and is the first time we see Hockney breaking with the subdued (favoured by art schools at the time.)
The artist's mother, Laura Hockney, was the model for the bespeckled lady, who sits primly with her hands clasped, gazing out at the viewer over the large, hand-operated sewing machine in the foreground. With its highly patterned interior, loosely based on his parents' front room, the lithograph is reminiscent of Edouard Vuillard's intimate domestic scenes in which he also depicted his mother, a seamstress, in similarly decorative settings.
This group includes a rare impression of the final state, dedicated to Edwin La Dell, Head of Printmaking at the Royal College of Art from 1955 to 1970.
It was La Dell's policy of giving free art materials to printmaking students which encouraged Hockney to try his hand at etching while at the Royal College of Art, a decision which would result in some of his most iconic graphic works.
The artist's mother, Laura Hockney, was the model for the bespeckled lady, who sits primly with her hands clasped, gazing out at the viewer over the large, hand-operated sewing machine in the foreground. With its highly patterned interior, loosely based on his parents' front room, the lithograph is reminiscent of Edouard Vuillard's intimate domestic scenes in which he also depicted his mother, a seamstress, in similarly decorative settings.
This group includes a rare impression of the final state, dedicated to Edwin La Dell, Head of Printmaking at the Royal College of Art from 1955 to 1970.
It was La Dell's policy of giving free art materials to printmaking students which encouraged Hockney to try his hand at etching while at the Royal College of Art, a decision which would result in some of his most iconic graphic works.