Study for Stillness

Details

David Hockney C.H., R.A. (b. 1937)
Study for Stillness
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'Leaping Leopard '62/DH' (lower right), inscribed again and dated 'Berlin. 15. VIII. '62' (lower centre), and inscribed 'P Kleinst Kasino/Kleinstrasse 35. Berlin. Gay' (upper right)
pen and black ink
13¼ x 19¼ in. (33.6 x 48.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Kasmin Limited, London.

Exhibited

Hanover, British Council, David Hockney, 1970, no. D4, this exhibition toured to Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen and Belgrade.

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Lot Essay

The present drawing is a study for Hockney's 1962 painting Picture Emphasizing Stillness (private collection) and relates to a series of works of this period in which titles allude to stylistic problems facing the artist (see David Hockney A Restrospective, Tate Gallery exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles and London, 1988, p. 25).

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