Henry with Cigar

1977

David Hockney

Associated Names
David Hockney

Artist, British, 1937 - 2026

Anthony Zepeda

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image depicts a minimalist sketch of a man's head in a side profile. The man has a receding hairline, thick mustache, and beard. He is wearing round glasses and appears to have a cigar in his mouth. The sketch is simplistic, using abstract lines and shapes with monochromatic tones and subtle shading. The background is plain with no additional elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on gray Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.46 × 26.67 cm (10 13/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.54.58

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Tankosha 1996, no. 201

  • Series Title

    Friends

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2017 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 768.

1996

  • Tōkyō-to Gendai Bijutsukan. David Hockney: Prints 1954-1995. Tokyo, Japan: Museum of Contemporary Art and Tankosha Publishing Co., 1996, no. 201.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 23.42. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in blue pencil: Gemini III; lower right in blue pencil: David Hockney; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DH76-808

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77259747

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