Hockney, David
Cavafy writes in his poem of a man's yearning for the lover who has left him:
'The other wished-he said- he wished to save himself
from that stigmatized pleasure, so unwholesome;
from that stigmatized pleasure, in its shame.
There was still time, he said- time to save himself.'
Hockney identified with the strength of feeling in Cavafy's work, recognising parallels in his own experiences.
- Artwork Details: Paper Size, 56.9 x 40cm Print Size, 35 x 22cm
- Edition: 50/75
- Material description: etching
- Credit line: © David Hockney
- Theme: Figurative
- Medium: Print
- Accession number: ACC2/1966