1989
Fax print
28 x 22 cm
Printed with date and time stamp SEP 29 '89 14:44 DH IN THE HILS and P.9/25
Unique
Excellent condition
Framed
Accompanied by a gallery Certificate of Authenticity
 
An exceptional fax print, created in 1989 during Hockney’s period experimenting with office technology as a means of creating new art. Rather than using the technology to transmit the existing artworks, Hockney began creating works like this specifically intended to be sent by fax. In 1989, Hockney was invited to participate in the São Paulo Biennale, where this unique fax print was exhibited alongside paintings and sculpture by his contemporaries in his first major exhibition devoted entirely to fax-generated imagery.
 
David Hockney (born 1937) is one of the most influential British artists. He has explored a diverse range of techniques over the years including painting, printmaking, drawing, set design, videography, photography and digital art. He was an innovative printmaker with technology early in his career which has gained recent traction again drawing on his iPhone and iPad. Hockney explores everything from still life and domestic scenes to portraits and landscapes, whilst also addressing themes in his own life such as sexuality. Hockney’s style is iconic and recognisable with its warm feeling and lively, colourful palette. In 2018, Hockney’s Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) became the most expensive artwork by a living artist to be sold at auction when it sold in New York for $90 million. Hockney’s work is held in countless international collections and museums.