David Hockney – Ann in the Studio, 1984

Ann in the Studio, 1984

Artist: David Hockney
Title: Ann in the Studio
Year: 1984
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 78.4 × 106 cm
Edition: 61 
Signature: Signed and dated by the artist lower right
Type: Limited edition etching

Ann in the Studio (1984) is a tender and technically assured etching from one of the most celebrated periods of David Hockney's printmaking career — the years in which he was consolidating his reputation as one of the great draughtsmen of the twentieth century, his line becoming increasingly confident, increasingly economical, and increasingly expressive of the specific emotional temperature of his relationships with his subjects.

The subject is Ann Upton — a close friend and frequent model in Hockney's circle — depicted in a casual, intimate interior setting, her curly hair and animated expression rendered with the light, responsive line of an artist who draws from looking rather than from formula. The background, constructed from angular geometric planes suggesting a studio environment — chairs, walls, architectural fragments — provides a counterpoint to the organic, flowing quality of the figure: the studio as a space of looking, of friendship, of the quiet exchange between artist and subject that Hockney has always insisted is the fundamental subject of portraiture.

The etching medium — in which line is incised into metal and ink printed from the recessed marks — suits Hockney's draughtsmanship perfectly: the slight variation in line weight produced by the intaglio process gives the drawing a warmth and physicality that lithography or screenprint cannot replicate. The large format — 78.4 × 106 cm — amplifies the intimacy of the image, the figure at near life-size, the encounter between viewer and subject correspondingly immediate.

Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right margin, from an edition of 61. Hockney's prints are held in the permanent collections of the Tate, MoMA, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and major institutions worldwide, and his etchings of this period are among the most sought-after in his graphic catalogue.

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Is this an original David Hockney etching?
Yes — an original etching, signed and dated by the artist in the lower right margin, from an edition of 61.

What is the edition size?
61 impressions — a relatively small edition for a work of this scale.

Who is Ann?
Ann Upton was a close friend and frequent subject in Hockney's circle during the 1980s, appearing in several of his prints and drawings from this period.

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Is the work framed?
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