Etching and aquatint on paper
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Celia
Presented by Klaus Anschel in memory of his wife Gerty 1997
actions: postures and motions
adults
Birtwell, Celia
clothing and personal items
designer
dress
individuals: female
industrial and crafts
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
ribbon
sitting
woman
work and occupations
<p>This etching of Celia Birtwell is typical of the fine and tender portraits with which Hockney has celebrated his close friendship with the designer over the years. Celia first met Hockney in Los Angeles in 1964. She is most famously represented in Hockney's large double portrait <em>Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy</em>, 1970-1 (Tate Gallery T01269). With her husband Ossie Clark she was at the top of the fashion industry in London in the 'Swinging Sixties'. Clark designed clothes using Birtwell's textile designs, and sold them from the shop Quorum in Chelsea's King's Road.This, and another etching of the same year, <em>Peter</em>, marked the beginning of Hockney's work in full-length figure studies. He followed these with a series of lithographs of Celia begun in 1973.<strong>Further reading:</strong>Marco Livingstone, <em>David Hockney: Etchings and Lithographs</em>, exhibition catalogue, Waddington Graphics, London 1988, [p.12], reproduced pl.12<em>David Hockney: A Retrospective</em>, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 1988Terry RiggsNovember 1997</p>
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David Hockney
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Celia
image: 685 × 545 mm
Presented by Klaus Anschel in memory of his wife Gerty 1997
<p>This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etching</span></a> of Celia Birtwell is typical of the fine and tender <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> with which
Hockney has celebrated his close friendship with the designer over the years. Celia first met Hockney in Los Angeles in 1964. She is most famously represented in Hockney's large double portrait <em>Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy</em>, 1970-1 (Tate Gallery
<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/T01269" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'T01269');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>T01269</span></a>). With her husband Ossie Clark she was at the top of the fashion industry in London in the 'Swinging Sixties'. Clark designed clothes using Birtwell's textile designs, and sold them from the shop Quorum in
Chelsea's King's Road.</p><p>This, and another etching of the same year, <em>Peter</em>, marked the beginning of Hockney's work in full-length figure studies. He followed these with a series of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithographs</span></a> of Celia begun in 1973.</p><p><strong>Further
reading:</strong><br/>Marco Livingstone, <em>David Hockney: Etchings and Lithographs</em>, exhibition catalogue, Waddington Graphics, London 1988, [p.12], reproduced pl.12<br/><em>David Hockney: A Retrospective</em>, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 1988</p><p>Terry Riggs<br/>November 1997<!-- end text --></p>
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actions: postures and motions adults Birtwell, Celia clothing and personal items designer dress individuals: female industrial and crafts named individuals objects people portraits ribbon sitting woman work and occupations