{"product_id":"david-hockney-serenade-etching-1976-77","title":"DAVID HOCKNEY \"SERENADE\" ETCHING, 1976","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/david-hockney\"\u003eDavid Hockney\u003c\/a\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHockney 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eje ne sais quoi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.” \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCreated at the studio of master printer Aldo Crommelynck—who had previously collaborated with Picasso—the series translates the themes of Wallace Stevens’s poem \u003cem data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1108\"\u003eThe Man with the Blue Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e into visual form rather than literal illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost 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.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis print can be found in the permanent collections of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/works\/200735?association=portfolios\u0026amp;page=1\u0026amp;parent_id=69121\u0026amp;sov_referrer=association\"\u003eMoMA\u003c\/a\u003e, New York; the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/artworks\/72318-serenade\"\u003eNational Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e, Washington; and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artworks\/131316\/serenade-from-the-blue-guitar\"\u003eArt Institute of Chicago\u003c\/a\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:info@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evisit our Toronto gallery\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Serenade\" from \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e portfolio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1976-77, published 1977\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEtching and aquatint from a portfolio of twenty etchings (eighteen with aquatint and one with drypoint)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned in pencil, lower right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumbered \"149\/200\" in pencil, lower left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Petersburg Press, London and New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted by Maurice Payne, Petersburg Press, London and New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20.5\"H 18\"W (sheet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23.5\"H 20.25\"W (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVery good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiterature:\u003cbr\u003e1991: \u003cem\u003eArt for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.\u003c\/em\u003e Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.460.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1996: Tokyo-to Gendai Bijutsukan. \u003cem\u003eDavid Hockney: Prints 1954-1995. \u003c\/em\u003eTokyo, Japan: Museum of Contemporary Art and Tankosha Publishing Co., 1996, no. 196.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Hockney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47212455592172,"sku":"01-26","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_David-Hockney-Serenade-1976-77_01.jpg?v=1768490476","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/david-hockney-serenade-etching-1976-77","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}