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- Celia Seated on an Office Chair
David Hockney
Celia Seated on an Office Chair
Found at
Christies,
New York
Prints and Multiples, Lot 93
16. Apr - 16. Apr 2024
Prints and Multiples, Lot 93
16. Apr - 16. Apr 2024
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Celia Birtwell (born 1941) is a British textile designer. She studied fabric design at Salford and met Hockney in 1961 through his friend Mo McDermott and the fashion designer Ossie Clark, whom she married in 1969. His favorite female sitter, Hockney has portrayed Celia many times throughout their long and enduring friendship. Although these portraits reflect Hockney's many stylistic changes and technical variations over the years, they consistently capture Birtwell's gentle femininity as well as a hidden steeliness.