"I wanted desperately to paint something loving... I felt such a loss of love I wanted to deal with it in some way. I realized I was painting my best friends, Stanley and Boodgie. They sleep with me; I'm always with them here. They don't go anywhere without me and only occasionally do I leave them. They're like little people to me. The subject wasn't dogs but my love of the little creatures."
—David Hockney
David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most well-known and celebrated artists of the
20th and 21st centuries. He works across many mediums, including painting, collage,
and more recently digitally, by creating print series on iPads. His works show semi-
abstract representations of domestic life, human relationships, floral, fauna, and the
changing of seasons.
Hockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal
Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many
other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90
million.
1998 Etching, on Somerset paper, with full margins. I. 8 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (21.9 x 27 cm) S. 12 5/8 x 14 1/4 in. (32.1 x 36.2 cm) Signed, dated and numbered 5/35 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published by Pace Editions, Inc., New York, framed.
