Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools

Name: DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Brand: Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools
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DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools

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DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools
lithograph in colors, on Arches Cover paper, 1980, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 857/1000 (there were also 100 artist's proofs), published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Bedford, New York, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, in very good condition, together with the accompanying book Paper Pools and the original card slipcase, both stamp-numbered 857/1000, framed
Sheet: 10¹⁄₂ x 9 in. (267 x 229 mm.)

David Hockney Prints 1954-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 234; Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, Tyler 269

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David Hockney's exploration of swimming pools in his graphic work represents a pivotal achievement in contemporary printmaking. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hockney developed innovative techniques to capture water's paradoxical qualities—its transparency, movement, and reflective surfaces.

"Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink" stands as a landmark work in this investigation. Published in 1980, it showcases Hockney's distinctive approach to representing water through simplified yet expressive means. Using a restricted palette dominated by blues, he created a stylized depiction of a swimming pool that balances abstraction with recognizability. The lithograph employs curving, parallel lines of varying densities to suggest water's surface movement and depth.