View of the Hotel Well, III, from the series Moving Focus

Copied David Hockney, View of the Hotel Well, III, from the series Moving Focus, 1984-1985, color lithograph on paper, sheet: 48 1⁄2 x 38 1⁄2 in. (123.2 x 97.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Jerome F. Meyer Trust, 2004.22.1, © 1985, David Hockney

Artwork Details

Title
View of the Hotel Well, III, from the series Moving Focus
Artist
Printer
Tyler Graphics
Publisher
Tyler Graphics
Date
1984-1985
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 48 1⁄2 x 38 1⁄2 in. (123.2 x 97.8 cm)
Markings
lower right, in pencil: DAVID HOCKNEY 1984-85 on verso, lower left, in pencil (next to chopmark): DH 84-795
Copyright
© 1985, David Hockney
Credit Line
Gift of the Jerome F. Meyer Trust
Mediums Description
color lithograph on paper
Classifications
Keywords
  • Nonrepresentational
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — porch
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — hotel
  • Architecture Exterior — other — courtyard
  • Architecture Exterior — other — well
Object Number
2004.22.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2004.22.1

Artwork Description

View of the Hotel Well, III is one of a group of images of the Hotel Romano Angeles in the little town of Acatlán, where he stayed when his car broke down on the way from Mexico City to Oaxaca. When he returned to Los Angeles, Hockney told his printer Ken Tyler about his experience, and Tyler encouraged him to return to the hotel and make images on Mylar, which were then transferred to a photosensitive plate back at Tyler’s workshop.

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