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David Hockney

The Old Guitarist, 1976/1977

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series Title

The Blue Guitar

Medium

etching and aquatint in blue, red, and green (printed from 2 copper plates) on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1991.60.2

Artists / Makers

David Hockney (artist) British, born 1937

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Inscription

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"

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.

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