Details
DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Fish and Chip Shop
lithograph printed in black and greenish-yellow, 1954, on wove paper, inscribed from David Hockney in pencil, one of approximately five impressions (only some were signed), printed by the artist, Bradford
Sheet 425 x 377 mm.
Literature
Scottish Arts Council 3; Tokyo 3
Christopher Simon Sykes, Hockney: A Rake's Progress, Random House, London, 2011, p. 50.
FURTHER DETAILS
This rare work depicts the owners Hayden and Janet Smith behind the counter of their fish and chip shop, The Sea Catch, Eccleshill, with Hockney leaning against the counter in conversation.

As an art student in Bradford, Hockney created several works inspired by his home town. Derek Stafford, his teacher at Bradford School of Art, described his attitude at the time as one in which he looked at his environment and said 'This big city I live in may be grey and black, a dirty city, but there is a magic in it if I look at it closely' (Christopher Simon Sykes, Hockney: The Biography, Century, London, 2011, p. 50.
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