Interiors IV: Hotel Paradise Café

1987

Peter Milton

Associated Names
Peter Milton

Artist, American, born 1930

This is a drawing of an indoor scene featuring a richly detailed interior with art deco style elements. In the drawing, there are large canine figures to the left and bird-like figures in flight. In the center, there are three standing figures, and people can be seen through arches or windows. In the foreground to the right, there are finely dressed individuals near tables with wine bottles and glasses. The ceiling is adorned with elaborate lighting fixtures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hardground etching and engraving in black on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Jeff Hammond)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.64 × 90.49 cm (23 7/8 × 35 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 75.25 × 106.36 cm (29 5/8 × 41 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2994

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Johnson & Milton 1996, no. 110

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jeff Hammond, Kensington, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • Johnson, Robert Flynn, and Peter Milton. Peter Milton: Complete Prints, 1960-1996. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996, pp. 125, 153, no. 110.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Interiors IV T.P.; lower center in graphite: Hotel Paradise Café; lower right in graphite: P W Milton 87; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: P2068

Watermarks

BFK Rives / France [infinity symbol] / L

Wikidata ID

Q77015135

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