David Hockney
“Discord Merely Magnifies 1977 HS”
Limited Edition Print : Etching in 3 Colours: Green Red and Blue
Size: 18.11x21.26 inches | 46x54 cm
Edition: From the Edition of 200
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Year1977
Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil and on Verso
Condition Excellent
Framed with PlexiglassBlack Frame w/ White Mat
Purchased fromAuction House 2023
Story / Additional InfoTitle: Discord Merely magnifies. Medium: Original etching in 3 colours, green red and blue, 1976/7, made from 2 copper plates, on Inveresk mould made paper. Size: Paper 46 x 53 cms/ plate 34.5 x 42.5 cms. Published by: Petersburg Press, 1977 Note: This work is plate number 7 from the Blue Guitar Portfolio which consisted of 20 etchings. The frontispiece to the portfolio clearly enunciates Hockney’s dual inspirations for his ‘Blue Guitar’ suite: ‘Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso’. Hockney discovered Wallace Stevens’s 1936 poem ‘The Man with the Blue Guitar’ in the Summer of 1976 while holidaying in Fire Island, NY, with the curator Henry Geldzahler and writer Christopher Isherwood. Published by: Petersburg Press Proofed by: Maurice Payne and printed from steel faced plates by Jennifer Melby in New York. Reference: Tokyo Catalogue Raisonee 184 Scottish Arts Council: SCAC 205
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