Artwork overview
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Medium
softground etching and aquatint in red and blue on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 42.5 x 34.4 cm (16 3/4 x 13 9/16 in.)
sheet: 52.6 x 45.7 cm (20 11/16 x 18 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.60.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Tankosha 1996, no. 178
Associated Artworks
See all 20 artworks
The Blue Guitar
David Hockney, Petersburg Press
1977
The Old Guitarist
David Hockney
1976
A Tune
David Hockney
1976
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.460.
1996
Tōkyō-to Gendai Bijutsukan. David Hockney: Prints 1954-1995. Tokyo, Japan: Museum of Contemporary Art and Tankosha Publishing Co., 1996, no. 178.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: 18/200; lower right in graphite: David Hockney;
text in plate: THE BLUE / GUITAR / ETCHINGS / BY / DAVID HOCKNEY / WHO WAS INSPIRED / BY / WALLA CE STEVENS / WHO WAS INSPIRED / BY / PABLO PICASSO
Markings
stamped lower center verso: The Blue Guitar / "Title"
Wikidata ID
Q74888370