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David Hockney

The Blue Guitar

Etching Is The Subject Signed Print

Etching Is The Subject

David Hockney

Etching Is The Subject
Signed Print

Name: Etching Is The Subject
Brand: David Hockney
Rating: 5 (258 reviews)

David Hockney

£2,200-£3,250

$4,200-$6,000 Value Indicator

$4,150-$6,000 Value Indicator

¥20,000-¥29,000 Value Indicator

€2,550-€3,750 Value Indicator

$23,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

¥470,000-¥700,000 Value Indicator

$2,950-$4,350 Value Indicator

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46 x 52cm, Edition of 200, Intaglio

Medium: Intaglio

Edition size: 200

Year: 1977

Size: H 46cm x W 52cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: October 2025

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Buyer Paid

01 Oct 2025

Phillips New York

United States

N/A

01 Oct 2024

Bukowskis, Stockholm

Sweden

01 Oct 2024

Rago

United States

01 Sep 2022

Phillips London

United Kingdom

01 Mar 2022

Sotheby's Online

United Kingdom

01 Sep 2021

Freeman's

United States

01 Mar 2021

Freeman's

United States

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David Hockney's Etching Is The Subject (signed), an intaglio from 1977, has an estimated value of £2000 to £2950. This artwork has been sold 17 times at auction since its initial sale in 2004, with a limited edition size of 200. In the past five-year period, the hammer price ranges from £1496 in October 2025 to £4838 in March 2022, with an average annual growth rate of -2%. In the last 12-months, the average selling price was £1496, with a total sales volume of 1.

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