Sold for: $169,250

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, England
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Acquired from the above by a Private Collection, Vancouver, May 1995

LITERATURE
Andrew Brighton, David Hockney Prints 1954 -77, 1979, reproduced, unpaginated, catalogue #137
Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné, 1966 – 2005, National Gallery of Art, 2011, second edition, catalogue #23.4, https://www.nga.gov/press/2011/gemini-gel.html
The David Hockney Foundation, “Chronology: 1973,” https://www.thedavidhockneyfoundation.org/chronology/

EXHIBITED
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Collects, September 28, 2001 - February 10, 2002

David Hockney, painter, printmaker and photographer, is considered one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century, who made an important contribution to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. His body of work in printmaking is extensive, and he worked with Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited) for decades. In 1973, Hockney was in Los Angeles, collaborating with master printmaker Ken Tyler at Gemini on the Weather Series, six prints that depicted various atmospheric conditions, including Rain. This print was made using three stones, an aluminum plate and one screenprinting in white. Hockney commented, “Ken is such a good printer. It’s terrific getting into complicated lithography again. There’s no one in London who can print like him. Every little thing put on a stone really appears.”

On a trip to Japan in 1971, Hockney was influenced by the representation of weather in Japanese prints and paintings, and especially how the artists used drawn lines to depict their intangible subject. In Rain, rippling puddles and dripping effects express the continuous streams of rain. Hockney’s statement about Tyler is especially relevant here, as the artist was able to produce the effect of running paint in this delicate and lovely print.

Please note: the full paper sheet measures 39 x 31 1/2 inches.

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