My Pool and Terrace
from the Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary Portfolio

This work is from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary, a portfolio of prints by eight artists produced to help raise funds for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA).

Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on Somerset White
Year: 1983
Image: 24 x 35 1/2 inches (61×90 cm)
Sheet: 19 x 41 1/2 inches (74×105 cm)
Edition: 250
Artist’s Proofs: 30
Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Printer: Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica
Literature: Not in MCAT

Signed, dated and numbered in pencil


Auction Results


Bonhams LA: 8 April 2025
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 15,360

DAVID HOCKNEY (born 1937)
My Pool and Terrace, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary, 1983
Etching and aquatint in colors on Somerset wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 63/250 (there were also 30 artist’s proofs)

Christie’s New-York: 26 February 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 15,120

DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
My Pool and Terrace, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary, 1983
Etching in colors on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 90/250

Phillips New-York: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 21,590

DAVID HOCKNEY
My Pool and Terrace, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary, 1983
Etching and aquatint in colors on Somerset paper
Signed, dated and numbered 190/250 in pencil

LA Modern: 4 September 2024
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 17,640

DAVID HOCKNEY (b.1937)
My Pool and Terrace (from the Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary portfolio), 1983
Etching and aquatint in colors on Somerset White
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘137/250 David Hockney 83’

SBI Art Auction: 28 January 2024
Estimated: JPY 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
JPY 2,012,500 / USD 13,181

David HOCKNEY
My Pool and Terrace, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary, 1983
Color etching and aquatint on paper
Signed, dated and numbered on the lower part
From the edition of 250

Sotheby’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 25,400

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
My Pool and Terrace, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary
Etching and aquatint printed in colors on Somerset wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated 83 and numbered 76/250

LA Modern: 11 January 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 22,680

DAVID HOCKNEY
My Pool and Terrace (from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary), 1983
Etching and aquatint in colors on Somerset White
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ’77/250 David Hockney 1983′