David Hockney. Paper Pools

David Hockney. Edited by Nikos Stangos.

Thames and Hudson. London. 1980. First edition. Hardback; blue cloth-bound hardback, dust jacket. 100 pages. With 122 illustrations, 87 in colour. English. 275 x 240mm. 0.75kg. 050023311x. Very good, in very good dust jacket; slight shelf wear to jacket, light stain to lower forecorner of front board.

An illustrated record of the Paper Pools series of artworks created by Hockney in 1978. The twenty-nine Paper Pool works were made using the paper pulp process, a mix of printmaking and painting, and a new medium for the artist. The images focus on the play of water and light, whilst also recognising the Californian sunshine that Hockney sought. Reproductions of the twenty-nine works are accompanied by preparatory line drawings, polaroids and a text 'Making Paper Pools' by the artist.