DAVID HOCKNEY (1937-2026) The Blue Guitar

DAVID HOCKNEY (1937-2026)
The Blue Guitar
the complete set of twenty etchings in colors, on Inveresk mould-made paper, 1976-77, each signed in pencil, numbered 'AP XXIII/XXXV' (an artist's proof set, the edition was 200), published by Petersburg Press, London and New York, 1977, loose (as issued), together with the title, text and table of content pages, each with full margins, in generally very good condition, together with the original leather covered portfolio case with title embossed on the front
Overall: 21 ¾ x 19 x 1 ½ in. (552 x 483 x 38 mm.)

Provenance
Scottish Arts Council 199-218; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 178-197

Literature
Including: The Blue Guitar (S.A.C. 199; M.C.A.T. 178), The Old Guitarist (S.A.C. 200; M.C.A.T. 179), A Tune (S.A.C. 201; M.C.A.T. 180), It Picks its Way (S.A.C. 202; M.C.A.T. 180), Franco-American Mail (S.A.C. 203; M.C.A.T. 182), Parade (S.A.C. 204; M.C.A.T. 183), Discord Merely Magnifies (S.A.C. 205; M.C.A.T. 184), The Buzzing of the Blue Guitar (S.A.C. 206; M.C.A.T. 185), In a Chiaroscuro (S.A.C. 207; M.C.A.T. 186), Figures with Still Life (S.A.C. 208; M.C.A.T. 187), Made in April (S.A.C. 209; M.C.A.T. 188), A Picture of Ourselves (S.A.C. 210; M.C.A.T. 189), The Poet (S.A.C. 211; M.C.A.T. 190), Etching is the Subject (S.A.C. 212; M.C.A.T. 191), Tick It, Tock It, Turn It True (S.A.C. 213; M.C.A.T. 192), I Say They Are (S.A.C. 214; M.C.A.T. 193), On it May Stay His Eye (S.A.C. 215; M.C.A.T. 194), A Moving Still Life (S.A.C. 216; M.C.A.T. 195), Serenade (S.A.C. 217; M.C.A.T. 196), and What is This Picasso? (S.A.C. 218; M.C.A.T. 197)