Lot Essay
The sitter is Mo McDermott, an artist and Hockney's studio assistant for many years.
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Mo Asleep
Details
DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Mo Asleep
etching and aquatint, on J. Green wove paper, 1971, signed and dated in pencil, annotated 'A.P.' (an artist's proof, the edition was 75), published by Petersburg Press, London, with the artist's copyright blindstamp, with full margins, two touched in foxmarks
Image: 26 ¾ x 21 1/8 in. (680 x 540 mm.)
Sheet: 35 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (895 x 700 mm.)
Mo Asleep
etching and aquatint, on J. Green wove paper, 1971, signed and dated in pencil, annotated 'A.P.' (an artist's proof, the edition was 75), published by Petersburg Press, London, with the artist's copyright blindstamp, with full margins, two touched in foxmarks
Image: 26 ¾ x 21 1/8 in. (680 x 540 mm.)
Sheet: 35 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (895 x 700 mm.)
Literature
Scottish Arts Council 124; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 116
Brought to you by
Lindsay Griffith
Head of Department