Image

Previous 1 / 1 Next

David Hockney

Peter Resting with Clothes on, St. Tropez, 1969

Now On View

Description

Maker

Title

Peter Resting with Clothes on, St. Tropez

Year

1969

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 36.8 x 44.4 cm (14 x 17 inches)

Type

Credit

Gift of Richard Brown Baker

Object Number

1996.11.20

Projects & Publications

Publications

Made in the UK

Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Any distance between us

July 17, 2021 - March 13, 2022

“What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something. I am constantly preoccupied with how to remove distance so that we can all come closer
together, so that we can all begin to sense we are the same, we are one.”
–David Hockney, 2020

This drawing depicts David Hockney’s lifelong subject and lover, fellow artist Peter Schlesinger, whom he met in Los Angeles in 1966. It represents his style and sensibility as a draftsperson with its sparing use of line and shading against a neutral background.

Facing Artists

February 27 - July 31, 2009

David Hockney’s portraits often chronicle his life and close friends. This elegant drawing depicts the artist Peter Schlesinger (American, b. 1948), Hockney’s lover
at the time, while the two were on summer holiday. Hockney was Schlesinger’s drawing teacher at the University of California, Los Angeles, when they met in
1966; their relationship lasted about five years, during which Schlesinger was a frequent model. Hockney’s painting of Los Angeles can be seen in the 20th-century
installation just outside this gallery.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Peter Resting with Clothes on, St. Tropez with the accession number of 1996.11.20. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.