Cold water about to hit the Prince

1969

David Hockney

Associated Names
David Hockney

Artist, British, born 1937

Petersburg Press

Publisher

This is a drawing of a person lying in bed with an abstract shape above them. The drawing features a person lying horizontally on a bed, with their head resting on a pillow. They are covered with a blanket, and there is an ornate pattern on the headboard. Above the person, there is a large, textured abstract shape, seemingly floating or hovering. The drawing is detailed, primarily using fine lines and shading to create texture and depth, giving both the bedding and the hovering shape a sense of dimension.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on Hodgkinson handmade paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    plate: 39.3 x 27.9 cm (15 1/2 x 11 in.)
    sheet: 45.6 x 30.7 cm (17 15/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.116.56

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Tankosha 1996, no. 94

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1996

  • Tōkyō-to Gendai Bijutsukan. David Hockney: Prints 1954-1995. Tokyo, Japan: Museum of Contemporary Art and Tankosha Publishing Co., 1996, no. 94.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: David Hockney; by later hands, lower right verso in graphite: THE BOY WHO LEFT HOME TO LEARN FEAR. / COLD WATER ABOUT TO HIT THE PRINCE; lower left verso in brown ink: G[illegible] Ed. C. 77/100

Watermarks

DH/PP

Wikidata ID

Q74891952

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