Image
Description
Maker
- David Hockney, b. 1937, British
Title
Romantic Head
Year
1963
Medium
Graphite and crayon on paper
Materials/Techniques
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Supports
Dimensions
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Sheet: 63.5 x 52.5 cm (25 x 20 11/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Titled, initialed and dated in pencil at lower right:Romantic Head DH 63
Type
Credit
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Bequest of Richard Brown Baker
Object Number
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2009.92.142
About
Refined contours begin to outline a torso and imply a bare chest. A hand at the throat guides the viewer’s eye to a face in shadow with full pink lips. The gestural coloring of the face is abruptly contained by a vivid pink diagonal line. In the lower right corner an inscription reveals an earlier title, now crossed out: Half a Head. Romantic Head, a portrayal of tenderness captured with great economy of means, is among David Hockney’s earliest figurative works introducing what was then the still taboo subject of homosexuality.
Titled, initialed and dated in pencil at lower right:Romantic Head DH 63
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