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David Hockney
The Blue Guitar: five plates
- Estimate
- £4,000 - 6,000‡♠
£4,750
Lot Details
Five etchings and aquatints, one with drypoint, on Inveresk mould-made paper, with full margins.
1976-77
all I. 34.5 x 42 cm (13 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
all S. approx. 46 x 52.5 cm (18 1/8 x 20 5/8 in.) one vertical
all S. approx. 46 x 52.5 cm (18 1/8 x 20 5/8 in.) one vertical
All signed and numbered 44/200, 151/200, 44/200, 30/200 and 30/200 in pencil (there were also 35 artist's proofs), published by Petersburg Press, New York, all unframed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Including: On It May Stay His Eye (plate 17), In Chiaroscuro (plate 9), Discord Merely Magnifies (plate 7), Franco-American Mail (plate 5), and Figures with Still Life (plate 10)
Literature
David Hockney
BritishDavid Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most well-known and celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. He works across many mediums, including painting, collage, and more recently digitally, by creating print series on iPads. His works show semi-abstract representations of domestic life, human relationships, floral, fauna, and thechanging of seasons.
Hockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90 million.
Browse ArtistHockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90 million.