David Hockney (B. 1937) American, Photo Collage, "Gregory Watching the Snow Fall, Kyoto, Feb. 21st 1983". Titled in the lower left. Dated Feb 21st, 1983 in the lower middle. Numbered #11 next to the date. Signed in the lower right. Photo collage on paper. Number 11 in an edition of 20. Depicting a person in bed looking out the window. You can see an image of feet of the one taking the pictures near the bottom. Provenance: Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco, (1984 David Hockney Exhibition). Acquired at the exhibition 9/21/84 by Lee and Sharon Boysel. Original Fraenkel Gallery receipt will accompany the lot. In his photo collages, Hockney recognized that photography allowed him to challenge the centuries old assumption that art was created from a signle point of view. In arranging photographs taken from many angles Hockney discoverede an art form that was truer to the artists perception. Overall Size: 47 x 44 in. Sight Size: 46 x 43 in. One of the most widely acclaimed of all living artists, David Hockney's popularity is based on the enormous, continuing appeal of his pictures and the popular perception of him as a colorful extrovert. David Hockney has worked in a wide variety of media including painting, graphics, photography and theater design as well as a versatile selection of subject matter ranging from famous portraits to landscapes of southern California. Always grounded in his skill as draftsman and an immaculate graphic sensibility, David Hockney's work is known to explore complex issues of sexuality and postmodernism through a lens of brilliant color and escapist imagery. Location RACK 1