- Artwork Details: 57.4 x 40.5cm Image, 35 x 22.7cm Image Size: 34.6 x 22.2cm
- Edition: 46/75
- Material description: Etching
- Credit line: © David Hockney
- Theme: Figurative
- Medium: Print
- Accession number: ACC1/1967
IN THE DULL VILLAGE FROM 'ILLUSTRATIONS FOR FOURTEEN POEMS FROM C.P CAVAFY'
1967
Hockney, David
In Cavafy's poem a youth dreams of escape:
'so he can make for the city and throw himself
straight into its bustle and amusements:
in the boring village where he’s waiting-
he fell into his bed this evening sick with desire,'
The expanse of white paper in the Cafavy etchings was an important component in the simplicity of the images.