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David Hockney
(England 1937– )
- Title
- A closer winter tunnel, February-March
- Year
- 2006
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas, 6 panels
- Dimensions
- 190.5 x 381.0cm overall
:
a-f - 6 panels; 91.5 x 122cm; each panel - Signature & date
- Signed and dated verso panel 6, black marker ".../ David Hockney/ 25 Feb - 24 March/ 06".
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by Geoff and Vicki Ainsworth, the Florence and William Crosby Bequest and the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation 2007
- Accession number
- 239.2007.a-f
- Copyright
- © David Hockney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
In 2005, David Hockney returned to his native Yorkshire and undertook a series of landscape paintings. 'A closer winter tunnel, February-March' 2006 was the first of his multiple canvas paintings. This 6 part painting was painted not in the studio but entirely on the spot with Hockney moving from one canvas to another, assembling the units together to see the overall effect as a very large picture. “For this painting, David employed a digital photographic reproduction technique that allowed him to study, as the work evolved, the assembled image of the painting in the studio prior to each new day’s work in the landscape. He even made marks directly onto each paper collage, thereby providing himself with a fresh starting point for that morning’s painting activity.”1 It is indicative of Hockney’s maturity and skill that this work is painted so vividly and freshly and with such emotional clarity; there are no detectable signs of revision or hesitation. This series of marvellously dramatic landscapes, highly charged with Hockney’s now characteristic strong colours have absolute credibility and emotional commitment. It is as though he was no longer searching for a subject but feeding of necessity off his early life and experience.
1. Peter Goulds, 'Foreword' in ‘David Hockney: the East Yorkshire landscape', LA Louver, Venice CA 2007, p8
- Provenance
- LA Louver (United States of America), Venice/California/United States of America, Purchased by the AGNSW from LA Louver 2007
- Bibliography (3)
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David Hockney: A bigger picture (2012), Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768) (Author).
Look (Dec 2007-Jan 2008), Jill Sykes (Australia) (Editor), 10pm [print management] (Australia), Newtown, New South Wales, Australia.
David Hockney: a year in Yorkshire (2006), Annely Juda Fine Art (England) (Author).
- Exhibition history (4)
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David Hockney: the East Yorkshire landscape, (09 Feb 2007–24 Mar 2007), at LA Louver (United States of America), 45 North Venice Blvd Venice California United States of America 90291.
David Hockney RA: A bigger picture, (14 May 2012–30 Sep 2012), at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Avenida Abandoibarra, 2 48001 Bilbao Bizkaia Spain.
David Hockney: a year in Yorkshire, (15 Sep 2006–28 Oct 2006), at Annely Juda Fine Art (England), 11-12 Tottenham Mews London England W1 (until 1990).
David Hockney RA: A bigger picture, (21 Jan 2012–09 Apr 2012), at Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768), Burlington House The Mall London England.