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david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso aldo crommelynck
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
david hockney the blue guitar serenade 1976 1977 print limited edition pablo picasso wallace stevens the blue guitar: etchings by david hockney who was inspired by wallace stevens who was inspired by pablo picasso primary colors collect david hockney buy david hockney sell david hockney art institute of chicago the old guitarist iconic picasso
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David Hockney

DAVID HOCKNEY "SERENADE" ETCHING, 1976

David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century and is arguably the most important European contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s.

Hockney has experimented with and mastered numerous art mediums, having worked with photography, collage, drawing, painting, set design, and printmaking. His style has evolved during his lengthy career, yet his work is always identifiable for a certain optimism and je ne sais quoi joy.

In 1976 Hockney produced a suite of twenty etchings entitled “The Blue Guitar: Etchings by David Hockney Who Was Inspired by Wallace Stevens Who Was Inspired by Pablo Picasso.” Created at the studio of master printer Aldo Crommelynck—who had previously collaborated with Picasso—the series translates the themes of Wallace Stevens’s poem The Man with the Blue Guitar into visual form rather than literal illustration.

Most of the suite's imagery illustrates Hockney's appreciation of Picasso. He often contrasts Picasso's phases within the same work, distinguishing the styles with different colours. "Serenade" is a fascinating amalgamation of a respect for art history and an acknowledgement of inspiration combined with innovation and a personal approach to an existing subject.  

This print can be found in the permanent collections of the MoMA, New York; the National Gallery, Washington; and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.

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"Serenade" from The Blue Guitar portfolio

1976-77, published 1977

Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of twenty etchings (eighteen with aquatint and one with drypoint)

Signed in pencil, lower right

Numbered "149/200" in pencil, lower left

Published by Petersburg Press, London and New York

Printed by Maurice Payne, Petersburg Press, London and New York

20.5"H 18"W (sheet)

23.5"H 20.25"W (framed)

Very good condition.

Literature:
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: Tokyo-to Gendai Bijutsukan. David Hockney: Prints 1954-1995. Tokyo, Japan: Museum of Contemporary Art and Tankosha Publishing Co., 1996, no. 196.

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