- Artwork Details: 57.2 x 40cm Image, 35 x 22.3cm
- Edition: 46/75
- Material description: etching
- Credit line: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © David Hockney
- Theme: Scene With Figures
- Medium: Print
- Accession number: PR 281
HE ENQUIRED AFTER THE QUALITY FROM 'ILLUSTRATIONS FOR FOURTEEN POEMS FROM C.P CAVAFY'
1967
Hockney, David
In Cafavy's poem, a handsome man browses in a store as an excuse for a furtive encounter with the shop assistant: He asked about the quality of the handkerchiefs, and what they cost; in a voice that was choked, almost stifled by his yearning'. This image is based on a drawing of a man selling bottles in a bazaar, which Hockney inscribed 'these bottles should be handkerchiefs'.