Five-Minute Museum

Swimming with the stars

By Emma Mustich

Collection Palm Springs Art Museum, gift of Dorothy Anderson © Palm Springs Art Museum

Bill Anderson, "Rock Hudson," 1954.
Black Dog Collection © Kenda North

Kenda North, "Untitled (Blue and White Suit and Pool)," 1982.

Hand colored dye transfer print.
Collection Palm Springs Art Museum, gift of Dorothy Anderson © Palm Springs Art Museum

Bill Anderson, "El Mirador," early 1950s.
Collection Palm Springs Art Museum, gift of Dorothy Anderson © Palm Springs Art Museum

Bill Anderson, "Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ladd at Home," 1950s.
Courtesy of Judith and Lawrence Schiller; Lawrence Schiller © Polaris Communications, Inc.

Lawrence Schiller, "Entertainment at the Bar," 1960.
Sonnabend Collection, New York © David Hockney; photo credit Richard Schmidt

David Hockney, "John St. Clair Swimming" (from "Twenty Photographic Pictures"), 1972.
Collection Palm Springs Art Museum, gift of the artist © Michael Childers

Michael Childers, "David Hockney at Rising Glen, Hollywood," 1978.
Courtesy of Judith and Lawrence Schiller; Lawrence Schiller © Polaris Communications, Inc.

Lawrence Schiller, "Marilyn Monroe," 1962.
Maynard L. Parker Archive, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California © The Huntington Library

Maynard L. Parker, "Olivia de Havilland at her residence, Los Angeles," 1945.
Courtesy of Loretta Ayeroff © 1974 Loretta Ayeroff

Loretta Ayeroff, "Abandoned Pool, California Ruins, Perris Valley," 1974.