My thoughts on the art and reputation of Hockney who died yesterday. Read for free here: tinyurl.com/4wveev6s

Saw this great lithograph of George Washington at the Met today. It was made by a French artist, Nicolas Eustache Maurin after Gilbert Stuart’s famous portrait based on a life study of Washington from 1796. The lithograph was commissioned by Boston publisher John Doggett as part of a series depicting the first five U.S. presidents, whom contemporaries nicknamed the «American Kings» To produce the prints, the paintings were sent all the way to Paris where Maurin transferred them onto lithographic stones. A French pressman then accompanied the stones back to Boston to oversee the printing.

Egon Schiele, Seated Woman With Bent Knees, 1917

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While compiling my archive I found an invitation to my first solo show. It is small and printed on translucent paper. It is a shame that the era of e-invitations has largely killed off the inventiveness of the printed invitation.