Peter Schlesinger

1976

David Hockney

Associated Names
David Hockney

Artist, British, born 1937

Mark Stock

Printer, American, 1951-2014

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image depicts a portrait of a person with well-defined facial features, including a jawline, lips, and almond-shaped eyes. He has voluminous hair styled with a slight wave, brushed to one side. The person is wearing a dark shirt with a round neckline and is looking directly at the viewer. In the background are artistic elements, such as sketches and brush strokes, with the inscription "Peter Schlesinger Hollywood May 19th 1976." The color scheme is predominantly brown.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in red-brown on Arches Cover wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.64 × 29.85 cm (16 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.112

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Tankosha 1996, no. 172

  • Series Title

    Friends

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 734.

1996

  • Tōkyō-to Gendai Bijutsukan. David Hockney: Prints 1954-1995. Tokyo, Japan: Museum of Contemporary Art and Tankosha Publishing Co., 1996, no. 172.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 23.36. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower center on plate: Peter Schlesinger Hollywood May 19th, 1976; lower left edge in red pencil: Gemini II; lower right edge in red pencil: David Hockney 76; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DH76-773

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74035491

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