Marconi & Son

Richard Hamilton

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

In autumn 1990, after his sixth show with the Milanese gallerist Giorgio Marconi, Hamilton joined Marconi and his son Giò on a trip to Alba and Asti for white truffle season. Having snapped a photo of the two courtly art dealers in the lobby of their hotel, Hamilton enlarged the small-format image to a large scale in preparation for a painting, which amplified the photo’s grainy texture and flattened out the architectural space. Hamilton further exaggerated this abstraction of the walls and ceiling through digital manipulation, creating flat planes of Pointillist-like green, red, and white—the colors of Italy’s flag.

Artist

Richard Hamilton

Date

1998

Medium

Ink jet (Iris) print

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 1999