Portrait of Dieter Roth

Richard Hamilton

1998 · Ink jet (Iris) print · Modern and Contemporary Art

Hamilton’s prints from the late 1990s are notable for their use of innovations in computer technology and colorfast digital printing inks. Hamilton collaborated with the artist Dieter Roth (1930–1998) in the late 1970s, and this likeness—using portraits Hamilton took of Roth during their collaboration, designed exclusively on Hamilton’s computer—commemorates Roth’s death. Hoping to capture his fellow artist’s complex personality, Hamilton layered several of the portrait photographs and added three floating eyes to Roth’s face in an angry red, a clairvoyant blue, and a jealous green.

Artist

Richard Hamilton

Date

1998

Medium

Ink jet (Iris) print

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 1999