Mo McDermott and wicker chair

Details

David Hockney, R.A. (b. 1937)
Mo McDermott and wicker chair
ink
17 x 13½ in. (43.2 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1973.

Provenance

Gifted by the artist to Mick Sider and thence by descent to the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Hockney met Mo McDermott while studying at the Royal College of Art in 1961. McDermott quickly became Hockney's model and latterly his assistant. The present work is arguably from 1973 when Hockney and Henry Geldzahler (1935-1994), who oversaw the creation of the Department of Twentieth Century Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, went to Italy in the summer of 1973. The pair rented a villa near Lucca and travelled around Northern Italy. Many friends visited them there including Mo McDermott who posed for this work.
Please note that the catalogue illustration has been cropped.

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