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David Hockney (b. 1937)
Lot 172 Hockney first encountered Pablo Picasso's work on a visit to London as an art student in 1954, and when an important Picasso show was mounted at the Tate in 1960, Hockney visited the exhibition eight times. Inspired by Pablo Picasso's techniques, Hockney went to the studio of Aldo Crommelynck in Paris, where he learned about the sugar lift aquatint as well as colour etching techniques, which are used in The Blue Guitar to great effect.

David Hockney (b. 1937)

The Blue Guitar (title page), from: The Blue Guitar (Scottish Arts Council 199; Tokyo 178)

Closed10 April 2013

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David Hockney (b. 1937)
The Blue Guitar (title page), from: The Blue Guitar (Scottish Arts Council 199; Tokyo 178)
etching with aquatint in colours, 1976-7, from the set of 20, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 147/200 (there were also 37 proofs), published by Petersburg Press, London and New York, with the title stamp verso, the full sheet, in good condititon, framed
P. 425 x 345 mm., S. 522 x 452 mm.