David Hockney

DAVID HOCKNEY (United Kingdom, 1937–2026).
“Little Boodge,” 1993.
Offset lithograph.
Unknown limited edition.
Measurements: 42 x 28 cm.

In the mid-1990s, David Hockney was madly in love with his miniature dachshunds, Stanley and Boodge. They served as inspiration for a series of endearing paintings and drawings, including this lovely sketch of the late Little Boodge.

A multidisciplinary British artist, David Hockney was a key figure in British Pop Art in the 1960s and is currently considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He had his first solo exhibition in 1963, and just seven years later, in 1970, the Whitechapel Gallery in London dedicated its first major retrospective exhibition to him. More recently, major exhibitions have been dedicated to him, such as the portrait exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2006. His work has been exhibited around the world, and is currently represented in the Royal Collection, the Royal Academy, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the British Museum in London; the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid; the SMAK in Ghent; the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles; and the Art Institute of Chicago, among other collections.