LUBAINA HIMID RA (b. 1954)
A Rake's Progress Hole in her Stocking (4) , 2022
Screenprint in Charbonnel etching ink with hand-painting in acrylic on Arches Watercolour 640 gsm paper
57.5 x 77 cm
Born in Zanzibar in 1954, Lubaina Himid is a British painter who has dedicated her thirty-year-long career to uncovering marginalised and silenced histories, figures, and cultural moments.
Himid first studied Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Art, choosing the discipline for the connections it bore with radical politics, and in particular Black politics. She went on to receive an MA in Cultural History from the Royal College of Art. In 2010 she was awarded an MBE, and in 2018 was awarded a CBE. In 2017, she became the first Black woman to win the Turner Prize. The following year she was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts.
Himid made twenty-four hand-painted screenprints, working with master printer Magda Stawarska. Each work on paper, characterised by Himid’s distinctive bold patterns and vibrant colours, features enlarged details from engravings by the eighteenth-century British satirical artist, William Hogarth.
Provenance
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, where purchased April 2023.