David Hockney with his two dogs Stanley and Boodgie (Hand Signed by David Hockney), 1994

David Hockney with his two dogs Stanley and Boodgie (Hand Signed by the Artist), 1994

Photograph on paper
Hand signed by David Hockney in black marker on the front
Photograph taken by Jim McHugh
Artist copyright stamped on the verso
Throughout his long and illustrious career, one of the defining aspects of Hockney's life and work is his deep affection for his muses. Notable amongst these is his love for dachshunds, who have been recurring subjects in his work since 1987. This affection is most famously documented through portraits of his two dogs, Stanley and Boodgie, who have brought joy and inspiration to the artists and viewers alike, finding their way into Hockney’s art in a characteristically charming manner.

“I realised I was painting my best friends, Stanley and Boodgie. They sleep with me; I'm always with them here. They don't go anywhere without me and only occasionally do I leave them. They're like little people to me. The subject wasn't dogs but my love of the little creatures.” - David Hockney
This work has been elegantly floated and framed in a museum quality wood frame under UV plexiglass.
Measurements:
Framed
14 inches (vertical) by 12 inches (horizontal) by 1.5 inches
Photograph:
7 inches (vertical) by 5 inches (horizontal)
DAVID HOCKNEY BIOGRAPHY
David Hockney became known as a central figure of British art in the 1960’s and continues to be widely celebrated as one of the most influential artists of our time.
Born in Bradford in 1937, he graduated from the Bradford School of Art in 1957 and studied at the Royal College of Art from 1959–62. Alongside his prodigious painting and drawing practice, he has constantly explored new technological possibilities in making art. In the 1980’s he embraced Polaroid film, photocopying and faxing and, more recently, digital media including photoshop and his iPad and iPhone as new means of conceiving and creating mesmerising multiple view and composite images. Now in his eighties, Hockney continues to create new works in all media with his unwavering desire to continually challenge conventions of perspective in art and how we truly ‘see’.
Hockney has had solo exhibitions at important international museums and galleries since his early career. More recently, in 2021 The Royal Academy of Arts in London held the exhibition, David Hockney; The Arrival of Spring, Normandy 2020. In 2019 a major exhibition Hockney – Van Gogh, The Joy of Nature was held at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam and again in 2021 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. A wide-reaching retrospective of his work was shown at Tate Britain, London (2017); the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2017) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2018). The exhibition, 82 Portraits and 1 Still Life was organized by the Royal Academy, London (2016) and travelled to Ca’ Pesaro, Venice (2017), the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (2017-8) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2018). His paintings, drawings, video works and prints of all media are widely represented in major Museum and Public Collections worldwide.