Hockney’s window, looked at again.

Published 1 November 2026 · WHV

A window gives an artist an apparently limited subject. Light, weather and the passage of time make it less limited than it first seems. David Hockney’s My Window collects digital drawings that reward returning to a familiar view.

Know the edition

TASCHEN’s regular XL edition presents 120 iPhone and iPad drawings across 248 pages. This is a book to open, revisit and live with. It must be distinguished from the separately issued collector and art editions, whose signatures, accompanying works and edition statements create different objects.

The WHV reading is about attention and informed ownership. A well-produced book can offer repeated encounters with an artist’s way of seeing without needing to be a scarce collectible. Knowing the edition protects that simple pleasure from inflated assumptions about what has been purchased.

Read the small print

Check the ISBN, format, language and edition statement on the offered copy. If a seller claims it is signed or limited, require documentation for that exact edition and inspect condition. Buy the regular book for the experience of its pages rather than borrowing the market story of a different version.