Title: Ink in the Room - From some new prints
Medium: Original Lithograph with Screenprint in colours, 1993, on Arches 88 paper, with full margins, signed by the artist in pencil, Gemini G.E.L. blind stamp lower right edge of sheet
Size: Image: 23 ¼ x 34 in. (591 x 864 mm.) ; Sheet: 25 ½ x 35 ½ in. (648 x 902 mm.)
Edition: 6/68 (there were also 14 artist's proofs)
Published by: Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, with their blindstamps and inkstamp on the reverse,
Note: 'Ink in the Room' was created using a hybrid process combining lithography and 23-colour screenprinting, meticulously produced at Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles. Each layer adds texture and depth—blending mechanical precision with expressive surface treatment. In the 1990’s Hockney became inspired by the extended brilliance of colour range which he could encourage into prints as a result of the experimental technical advances of both Gemini and Tytler Graphics studios. The prints of this period, also known by the general title of “interiors” have an absolutely exceptional “excitement” in their colour tonality. This print was drawn on lithography on 3 p[lates combined with 23 colours on screenprint.
Literature:
David Hockney, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo: Number 333
Gemini 1602
Provenance: William Weston Gallery, London (Their label verso)
Condition: In very good condition.
