Year1968

Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassWood Frame in Black 

Purchased fromAuction House 2021 

Story / Additional InfoRare vintage signed original poster. First edition Exhibition Poster for David Hockney Complete Prints at Galerie Mikro, Berlin, 1968. This David Hockney exhibition poster featuring his etching "Two Boys Aged 23 or 24" is an excellent example of his pioneering representation of gay identity and sexuality in the early to mid-1960s. His artwork broke taboos in a period when male homosexuality was illegal in England and such images were often deemed obscene.For many gay and bisexual people in the pre-law reform and pre-gay liberation period, Hockney’s art was a rare public expression of their lives and loves. It was psychologically and emotionally empowering at a time when the orthodoxy was that homosexuality was shameful and should be kept hidden. Although Hockney never saw himself as a gay activist or even a gay artist, he visually challenged the legal and social repression of gay and bisexual men. He asserted the importance of the human rights principle of freedom of expression. 

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