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David Hockney : the biography / Christopher Simon Sykes.

Sykes, Christopher Simon, (Author). Hockney, David. (Added Author).
  • Description: 1 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st United States ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Man A. Talese : Doubleday,
  • ISBN: 9780385531443 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0385531443 (alk. paper)

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  • 4 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).

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Library Location Call Number Status Due Date
Gloucester Adult Nonfiction 759.02/Hockney (Text to phone) Available -
Melrose New Books (Browsing Room) Biography 759.2 Hockney Sykes (Text to phone) Available -
Salem Adult Biography B/HOCKNEY,D./S (Text to phone) Available -
Swampscott Lower Level Bio Hockney (Text to phone) Available -

Contents: My parents -- Self-portrait -- Doll boy -- "We two boys clinging together" -- Man in a museum -- A Hollywood collection -- In the dull village -- A bigger splash -- Peter 1969 -- Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy -- Portrait of the artist -- Contrejour in the French style -- The rake's progress.
Summary: An authorized account of the life and work of the influential British artist covers his education at the Royal College of Art, the role of the 1960s in shaping his vision, and his relationship with Peter Schlesinger during the turbulent emergence of gay rights.
Notes: Originally published: Hockney: the biography. London : Century, the Random House Group, 2011.

Subject: Hockney, David.
Artists > Great Britain > Biography.