David Hockney bring us closer to the sunny days with his series of pool paintings. "The Splash", "The Little Splash" and "The Bigger Splash" inspired this mini collection
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"Painted in Los Angeles towards the end of 1966, The Splash is the second in a three-part sequence of variations on the very same theme. It is sandwiched between the much smaller The Little Splash (Private Collection) and Tate’s A Bigger Splash, which was created early the following year in Berkeley during a teaching post." From Sotherby's page. https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/david-hockneys-iconic-masterpiece-the-splash
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“I loved the idea of painting this thing that lasts for two seconds; it takes me two weeks to paint this event that lasts for two seconds. Everyone knows a splash can’t be frozen in time, so when you see it like that in a painting it’s even more striking than in a photograph.” - DAVID HOCKNEY