Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint in blue, red, and green (printed from 2 copper plates) 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 34.5 cm (16 3/4 x 13 9/16 in.)
sheet: 52.2 x 45.7 cm (20 9/16 x 18 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.60.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
Tankosha 1996, no. 179
Associated Artworks
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The Blue Guitar
David Hockney
1976
The Blue Guitar
David Hockney, Petersburg Press
1977
A Tune
David Hockney
1976
Artwork history & notes
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. 179.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: David Hockney; lower left in graphite: 18/200; across top in plate: PABLO PICASSO Spanish 1881; across bottom in plate: THE OLD GUITARIST 1903; lower center verso stamped: The Blue Guitar / "The Old Guitarist"
Wikidata ID
Q74888374