Hockney, David. CELIA ADJUSTING HER EYELASH. Scottish Arts Council 837, Gemini DH79-904. Lithograph, 1979. Edition of 100, plus 16 Artist's Proofs. signed, dated and numbered in green pencil. Published by Gemini G.E.L., and with their blindstamp, lower right. Printed on Twinrocker Handmade paper. 23 x 31 1/8 inches, 585 x 790 mm. In excellent condition.Celia Birtwell, born 1941, is a British textile and fashion designer, and longtime friend of David Hockney. During the mid-late 1970s, Hockney made lithographic portraits of many of his friends at the Gemini GEL workshop in Los Angeles. The insightfulness of his vision, the brilliance of his draftsmanship, the quality of Gemini's execution of the prints, and the record it presents of the personal associations in the life of a major artist has made and kept this group of portraits a significant element of Hockney's work of more than forty years.
