Portrait of the artist (Pool with two figures)

Mediums: acrylic, canvas.
Location: private collection.

The most famous work of David Hockney, which depicts one of his famous transparent blue pools. On the edge, the artist painted his lover Peter Schlesinger, parting with whom was very painful for the artist, and the person swimming in the pool is Hockney himself. The thoughtful look of a standing person and the lack of interaction between the characters indicate the estrangement and emptiness between them. In 2018, the work made David Hockney the most expensive of the living artists, as it was sold at Christie’s auction in New York for $ 90.3 million.