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Peter.C

© David Hockney. Photo credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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A full length frontal portrait of a man in a dark suit, painted in a child-like style with an oversized head and long, thin legs, one leg unfinished. He has a red heart on his jacket, with a green shirt underneath and a striped tie. There is a plain white background with the inscription: 'PETER.C' in the top right-hand corner. In block capitals, the words 'my friend' can be seen beneath his hand, with 'PETER' repeated in the bottom left-hand corner. The words 'who is the m' trail off the right-hand side of the canvas. There is possibly an outline of a second figure in the background, to the right. The piece is a tall narrow work consisting of two canvases joined together, indented from the legs down to give an overall T shape.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Peter.C

Date

1961

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 111.7 x W 40.6 cm

Accession number

1985.22

Acquisition method

purchased at Sotheby's, 1985

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Unsigned Inscribed by the artist at top right corner: trc, blc with subject's name : PETER.C / PETER artist's inscription, painted, centre right: who is the m

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3JL England

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