Monday, September 30th 2013.

Mr & Mrs Clark and Percy

– by David Hockney (1970)

This document is a painting by D. Hockney. It was painted in 1970. It represents two persons / people, a man and a woman. Maybe they are married. One is sitting (the man) on the right, one is standing (the woman) on the left.

The setting: the scene takes place in an apartment / flat, probably in the living-room.

In the foreground, there is a vase with flowers and a table. Next to the vase, there is a yellow book. Next to the man, on the floor, we can see a telephone and a lamp.

The main colours used in the painting are yellow and blue (and thus green).

The shutters by the woman are closed whereas the shutters by the man are open. We can imagine that this is a symbol of their opposition: he is sitting and relaxing. She on the other hand doesn’t look relaxed, she doesn’t look comfortable, she looks shy and ill-at-ease… maybe she is hiding from something…