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The Blue Guitar (complete portfolio) - Signed Print by David Hockney 1976 - MyArtBroker

The Blue Guitar (complete portfolio)
Signed Print

David Hockney

£35,000-£50,000Value Indicator

$70,000-$100,000 Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥310,000-¥450,000 Value Indicator

40,000-60,000 Value Indicator

$330,000-$470,000 Value Indicator

¥6,660,000-¥9,510,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

3% 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: Etching

Edition size: 200

Year: 1976

Size: H 53cm x W 46cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of David Hockney's The Blue Guitar (complete portfolio) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This signed etching print from 1976 has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This work has an auction history of 26 total sales since its entry to the market in November 1993. In the last 12 months, there have been no sales, however, in the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £24,746 in October 2023 to £52,245 in April 2023. The average return to the seller is £33,353. 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
Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
November 2023Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
October 2023Christie's New York United States
July 2023Christie's New York United States
April 2023Christie's New York United States
September 2022Phillips London United Kingdom
September 2019Sotheby's Online United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

These strange compositions are filled with unreadable symbols, offering a dreamlike encounter with the poems of Wallace Stevens, who was not the first poet Hockney had been inspired by. In 1967 he published the series Illustrations For Fourteen Poems By C.P. Cavafywhich was again a loose interpretation of a body of work by the Greek homosexual poet. Even earlier, in 1961, Hockney had produced a print entitled Myself and My Heroes where he portrayed himself alongside American poet Walt Whitman and Gandhi.

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