The Blue Guitar
1977 suite of 20 etchings in colour by David Hockney / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Blue Guitar is a suite of twenty etchings with aquatint by David Hockney, drawn in 1976–77 and published in 1977 in London and New York by Petersburg Press.
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For other uses, see The Blue Guitar (disambiguation).
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Artist | David Hockney | ||||||||||
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Medium | 20 Etchings (soft-ground and hard-ground) with aquatint (sugar-lift) on Inveresk mould-made paper, within an embossed grey leather covered box | ||||||||||
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Location | ≥14 public collections worldwide | ||||||||||
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Website | hockney.com/the-blue-guitar |
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The frontispiece to the portfolio mentions Hockney's dual inspirations:
"The Blue
Guitar
Etchings by
David Hockney
who was inspired
by
Wallace Stevens
who was inspired
by
Pablo Picasso"[1]