The Blue Guitar
1976-1977
Artist, British, born 1937
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
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
Figures with Still Life
David Hockney
1976
The Old Guitarist
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