Untitled David Hockney Ink Drawing, David Hockney, 1988
David Hockney, portraitDavid HockneyBritish, 1937–2026

Untitled David Hockney Ink Drawing

1988 · Drawing; Ink on paper · 8" x 12"

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Where is “Untitled David Hockney Ink Drawing” now? No, stolen and being sought. Checked September 29, 2026.

Listed in the FBI's National Stolen Art File under no. 00970.

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About the work

Two-sided ink on paper with drawing of easel on one side and abstract scribble of note with phone number & inscription on the back.

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In the life of David Hockney

The whole life
  1. 1987–1994

    Operas in Los Angeles, Chicago, London and Mexico City

    Hockney designs Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” for the Los Angeles Music Center Opera (1987), Puccini’s “Turandot” for the Lyric Opera of Chicago (1991) and Richard Strauss’s “Die Frau ohne Schatten” for the Royal Opera House in London (1992). In 1994 he designs costumes and scenery for twelve opera arias for the TV broadcast of Plácido Domingo’s Operalia in Mexico City.

  2. 1988

    A LACMA retrospective, travelling to the Met and Tate

    In 1988 LACMA hosts a Hockney retrospective, which then travels to the Met in New York and Tate in London.

  3. 1989 · Award

    Praemium Imperiale

  4. 1990

    He declines a knighthood

    In 1990 Hockney is offered a knighthood and declines it.

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