Lobster still life

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David Hockney, O.M., C.H., R.A. (b. 1937)
Lobster still life
signed and dated 'DH '69' (lower right)
pen and ink on paper
13 x 16½ in. (33 x 41.9 cm.)

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This work was acquired by Peter Langan directly from the artist.

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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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拍品专文

By the late sixties, Hockney had developed a technique of intense concentration on his subject, whereby he completed many drawings in one sitting and without revisions, letting the pen and ink flow across the page effortlessly and elegantly. It is these drawing series of the late 1960s and 1970s, both in still life and in portraiture which confirmed the artist's remarkable draughtsmanship and ability to synthesise his observations. His use of line is both economical and expressive and captures the essence of the objects on the table perfectly. Lobster was not permanently on any of the menus in the Langan Restaurants but it exemplifies the decadence of the late 60's and early 70's and happily prefigures the feast which Langan threw for Hockney on the occasion of the first night of 'The Rake's Progress' at Gyndebourne in 1975, which according to Hockney included '120 bottles of champagne ... enormous lobsters ... marvellous smoked salmon - he knew where to get the good stuff'. The painting commemorating the legendary feast is lot 9 in this catalogue.

For a discussion of Langan's relationship with Hockney, please see lot 212