The Blue Guitar series

E187504

series of etchings series of prints

The Blue Guitar series is a group of etchings by British artist David Hockney that reinterpret themes from Wallace Stevens’s poem “The Man with the Blue Guitar,” itself inspired by Picasso.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
The Blue Guitar series canonical	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 1	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 10	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 12	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 13	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 14	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 16	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 17	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 18	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 19	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 2	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 20	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 3	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 4	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 6	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 7	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 8	1
The Blue Guitar: Etching 9	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1664452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Blue Guitar series
Context triple: [David Hockney, notableWork, The Blue Guitar series]

A. This Side of the Blue
"This Side of the Blue" is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and poetic, surreal lyrics.
B. The Light Blues
The Light Blues is a common nickname for Rangers F.C., one of Scotland’s most successful and historically significant football clubs based in Glasgow.
C. My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven is a 1950 American musical comedy film best known for its lighthearted story and performances by stars like Jane Wyatt.
D. The Musician
The Musician is a fictional storyteller and performer who appears as one of the diverse narrators gathered at the inn in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
E. Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Blue Guitar series
Target entity description: The Blue Guitar series is a group of etchings by British artist David Hockney that reinterpret themes from Wallace Stevens’s poem “The Man with the Blue Guitar,” itself inspired by Picasso.

A. This Side of the Blue
"This Side of the Blue" is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and poetic, surreal lyrics.
B. The Light Blues
The Light Blues is a common nickname for Rangers F.C., one of Scotland’s most successful and historically significant football clubs based in Glasgow.
C. My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven is a 1950 American musical comedy film best known for its lighthearted story and performances by stars like Jane Wyatt.
D. The Musician
The Musician is a fictional storyteller and performer who appears as one of the diverse narrators gathered at the inn in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
E. Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	series of etchings ⓘ series of prints ⓘ
artForm	etching ⓘ
artist	David Hockney ⓘ
basedOn	The Man with the Blue Guitar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	David Hockney ⓘ
depicts	figures ⓘ imaginary scenes related to a guitarist ⓘ interiors ⓘ still life elements ⓘ
genre	printmaking ⓘ
hasColorCharacteristic	predominantly blue tones ⓘ
hasPart	The Blue Guitar: Etching 1 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 10 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 11 ⓘ The Blue Guitar: Etching 12 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 13 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 14 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 15 ⓘ The Blue Guitar: Etching 16 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 17 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 18 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 19 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 2 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 20 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 3 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 4 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 5 ⓘ The Blue Guitar: Etching 6 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 7 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 8 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series The Blue Guitar: Etching 9 ⓘ linked to: The Blue Guitar series
inception	1976 ⓘ 1977 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Pablo Picasso ⓘ The Man with the Blue Guitar ⓘ Wallace Stevens ⓘ
inspiredByWorkOf	Pablo Picasso ⓘ Wallace Stevens ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
mainSubject	artist and model ⓘ guitar ⓘ metamorphosis of reality into art ⓘ
movement	Pop art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ
notableWorkOf	David Hockney ⓘ
numberOfWorks	20 ⓘ
printingTechnique	etching and aquatint ⓘ
publicationPlace	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
publisher	Petersburg Press ⓘ
titleLanguage	English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited