Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Michael Childers, born 1944, American
Title:
David Hockney with Bora Bora Sunglasses
Date:
1978
Materials & Techniques:
Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in black ink, center: "inkjet | David Hockney - 'Bora Bora' | Los Angeles | 1978"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
Copyright Status:
© The Artist
Accession Number:
B2016.38.46
Classification:
Photographs
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Gallery Label:
In 1978, Michael Childers persuaded a skeptical David Hockney, then wearing a brand-new linen suit, to sit in a dinghy in the photographer’s pool in the Hollywood Hills. The resulting images were inspired by the French photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue’s (1894–1986) images of his brother, Maurice “Zissou” Lartigue. Hockney had that year decided to make Los Angeles his permanent home and had been working with Peter Schlesinger on a production of Mozart’s Magic Flute in Britain. Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:73343