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Discord Merely Magnifies - Signed Print by David Hockney 1977 - MyArtBroker

Discord Merely Magnifies
Signed Print

David Hockney

£2,450-£3,650Value Indicator

$4,850-$7,000 Value Indicator

$4,400-$6,500 Value Indicator

¥22,000-¥35,000 Value Indicator

2,900-4,350 Value Indicator

$24,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

¥480,000-¥710,000 Value Indicator

$3,050-$4,550 Value Indicator

15% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Intaglio

Edition size: 200

Year: 1977

Size: H 46cm x W 51cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of David Hockney's Discord Merely Magnifies (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,450 and £3,650. This intaglio print, created in 1977, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 15%. This work has an impressive auction history, having been sold 17 times at auction since its initial sale on 18th April 2002. In the last 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £2,389 to £3,000. Over the past five years, the hammer price has shown steady growth, with an average annual growth rate of 15%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
February 2024Rago United States
September 2023Christie's London United Kingdom
June 2023Phillips London United Kingdom
May 2023Stockholms Auction House Sweden
October 2021Wright United States
January 2020Skinner, Boston United States
June 2017Alex Cooper Auctioneers United States

Meaning & Analysis

A series of music notes runs parallel to the bottom line of the square shape, creating a dialogue with an unfinished guitar shape above. Images related to music can be seen as a unifying theme across the diverse works included in The Blue Guitar series to which Discord Merely Magnifies belongs. Hockney inserts musical references in each of the etchings as a way of engaging with idea of imaginative freedom explored originally by Wallace Stevens in his 1937 poem The Man With The Blue Guitar. Considering its abstract composition, eclectic accumulation of geometrical shapes and images, the print can be seen as a visual representation of Stevens’ central stanza: “Things as they are are changed upon the blue guitar.” Here, Hockney demonstrates the power of the medium to represent his private world of imagination.

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