David HockneySpojené království, 1937–2026

The Poet

1976/1977 · Portfolio

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Kde je teď „The Poet“? Sbírka: Národní galerie ve Washingtonu, Washington, D.C. Momentálně není vystaveno. Ověřeno 9. listopadu 2026.

Národní galerie ve Washingtonu

Washington, D.C., Spojené státy americké

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O díle

The Poet is a print David Hockney made in 1976–1977 for The Blue Guitar, now in Washington's National Gallery of Art. A seated male figure appears beside patches of colour and a guitar-like shape outlined in blue. Hockney combined etching with aquatint, printing five colours from two copper plates. This impression bears the number 18 from an edition of 200.

Podrobnosti

Inventární číslo: 1991.60.13

Co zobrazuje

Man Poet Stevens, Wallace

V katalogu

Grafika Lept Současné umění 20. století British

Zdroje

Národní galerie ve Washingtonu
Obrázek: Národní galerie ve Washingtonu — © the artist or rights holder

V životě: David Hockney

Celý životopis

1966–1978
Stage designer: “Ubu Roi” and the Glyndebourne operas
Hockney’s first stage designs are for “Ubu Roi” at London’s Royal Court Theatre (1966), followed by Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” (1975) and “The Magic Flute” (1978) for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. It is the start of the opera work that will go on in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and London.
1974
The relationship with Gregory Evans begins
Hockney met Gregory Evans in 1971; in 1974 they begin a decade-long relationship, and in 1976 Evans moves with him to the US. Later they remain business partners, with Evans managing the David Hockney Studio.
1974
Jack Hazan’s film “A Bigger Splash”
Jack Hazan makes a biopic of Hockney, “A Bigger Splash”, named after his 1967 pool painting of the same name.
24. června 1977 – 2. října 1977
Exhibition: Documenta 6
1979
A founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
In 1979 Hockney is a founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
1979
Hearing aids from 1979
Hockney’s hearing has been failing since the 1970s: he realised he was going deaf several years before he began using hearing aids in 1979. He also described synaesthetic associations between sound, colour and shape.