Hockney, David. ANN SEATED IN DIRECTOR'S CHAIR. Color lithograph, 1979. Printed in magenta on gray BFK Rives paper. Signed and dated 1979 and numbered 2/5, all in pencil (there were also four artist's proofs). Published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with their blindstamp. The full Sheet: 29 7/8 x 43 ¾ inches, 759 x 1111 mm. Framed to 33 x 47 inches, floated in a natural wood molding. Provenance, Marlborough Gallery, New York, with its label on the frame backing, verso. In very good condition. Rare. Ann Upton was a friend of Hockney's and modeled for him frequently from 1962. In 1983 she married David Graves, a sculptor and paper conservator who worked as Hockney's assistant. She died in 2017.
