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Kenneth Noland in his studio, 1965 / Andre Emmerich, photographer. André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, 1929-2008. Archives of American Art.
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Kenneth Noland in his studio, 1965 / Andre Emmerich, photographer. André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, 1929-2008. Archives of American Art.
If you look closely you’ll see that this is no ordinary pool boy - it’s Pop artist David Hockney. Hockney, no stranger to painting pools in another sense, was commissioned in 1986 by gallery owner André Emmerich to give his backyard pool the pop treatment.
André Emmerich watching David Hockney painting the interior of Emmerich's swimming pool, May 1986
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David Hockney painting the interior of André Emmerich's pool, May 1986.
both from: André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
David Hockney shakes it like a Polaroid picture.
There are so many GIFworthy candids from our collections featured in the new book Artists Unframed: Snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, don’t be surprised if you see a few more in the coming days...
David Hockney, 1982 April / Andre Emmerich, photographer. André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
David Hockney painting the interior of Andre Emmerich’s swimming pool, 1986 via Dream Collective