Thursday, July 16, 2026

 <b>David Hockney</b>
(1978)

In August 1978, Hockney establishes Los Angeles as his permanent place of residence. That same month, he visits Bedford, in upstate New York, to work with printer Ken Tyler on the shoes Paper Pools, made using an innovative process of moulding and pressing coloured paper pulp according to the layouts of compositions of shimmering swimming pools. 

https://www.thedavidhockneyfoundation.org/chronology/1978

A Large Diver (Paper Pool 27)
1978
colored and pressed paper pulp
198 ,4 x 458.5 cm
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/79.18.A-L/

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