Smaller Study of Lightning

1973

David Hockney

Associated Names
David Hockney

Artist, British, 1937 - 2026

Bruce Porter

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a rectangular area with abstract swirling shapes and lines overlapping. A jagged white line runs vertically through the center. Around this line are patches of red, white, and blue hues resembling clouds. The artwork depicts a scene reminiscent of a thunderstorm.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Angoumois à la Main handmade paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.6 x 23.5 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 51.5 x 40.7 cm (20 1/4 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.74.58

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Tankosha 1996, no. 124

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 456.

1996

  • Tōkyō-to Gendai Bijutsukan. David Hockney: Prints 1954-1995. Tokyo, Japan: Museum of Contemporary Art and Tankosha Publishing Co., 1996, no. 124.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 23.12. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Gemini III; lower right in graphite: David Hockney 73; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: III; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DH73-504

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74888875

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