David Hockney, In the Dull Village, from illustrations for 14 poems from CP Cavafy, 1966/67

British Museum

This print is by artist David Hockney (born 1937) and shows two men lying in bed. It is an illustration for a poem by Greek poet C. P. Cavafy (1863–1933), called In the Dull Village. Another poem in this series, entitled 'Two Boys Aged 23 and 24' includes the lines:

'And once they’d run out of expensive drinks,
And since, by then, it was nearing four o’clock,
They abandoned themselves blissfully to love.'
(translated by Evangelos Sachperoglou).

David Hockney, In the Dull Village, from illustrations for 14 poems from CP Cavafy, 1966/67. Etching. 22 1/2 by 15 1/2. © David Hockney .