On it May Stay its Eye, from: The Blue Guitar

Artwork details

Artist

David Hockney

Title

On it May Stay its Eye, from: The Blue Guitar

Description

This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "David Hockney" at the lower right margin.
It is also inscribed “AP” [artist’s proof] and hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 35, at the lower left margin.
Our impression is one of 35 artist’s proofs hand signed and numbered with Roman numerals aside from the standard edition of 200.
This composition is the 17th from the series of 20 for “The Blue Guitar”.
This work was printed by Maurice Payne of the Petersburg Press, London and was published by Petersburg Press, London in 1977.
The title is stamped in ink at the centre of the lower margin, verso.
Other impressions of this subject are held in the collections of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York and The National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Literature:
1. (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 - 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art.
Reference: M.C.A.T. 194
2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979
Reference: Scottish Arts Council 215

Condition: Excellent condition.

Date

1976

Medium

Etching and Aquatint

Edition

200 + 35 AP

Signature

Signed

Catalogue Raisonne

M.C.A.T. 194; Scottish Arts Council 215

Sheet

52.8 x 46 cm

Status

Available

Price

$8,000.00