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The Blue Guitar

1977

David Hockney

Artist, British, born 1937

Petersburg Press

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Artwork overview

Medium

portfolio with 20 etchings and double-sided title page
Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession

1991.60.1-20

Figures with Still Life

David Hockney

1976

The Old Guitarist

David Hockney

1976

On it May Stay His Eye

David Hockney

1976

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 460-461, color repro.

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.

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