DAVID HOCKNEY. Offset lithograph, "Turandot 1991".
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Offset lithograph (computer generated laser print), signed David Hockney.
Literature reference: HP 201 (Hockney´s Pictures, Thames Hudson Ltd.) Provenance: Aaron Brothers Art Marts, Los Angeles David Hockney's Turandot (HP 201) is an offset lithograph which was issued in connection with David Hockney's assignment as scenographer in 1991-1992 for Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
In international cataloging the sheet is described: "David Hockney Computer generated laser print, published 1991 by Lyric Opera of Chicago, on smooth woven paper".
Comparison listing: https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/224/David-Hockney-b.-1937-Turandot/1?view=lot_detail&auction_no=1001 (https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/224 /David-Hockney-b.-1937-Turandot/1?view=lot_detail&auction_no=1001) Other information/Catalogue text The artist David Hockney staged Puccini's Turandot for the premiere in January 1992 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The following year (1993) the same performance was staged at the San Francisco Opera. Turandot takes place in the imperial palace of ancient Beijing, a forbidden city of sharp angles and intertwined curves.
In David Hockney's scenography, the palace environment becomes austere but at the same time filled with visual events; the performance becomes a constant journey for the eye, with effective lighting and varied scenographic solutions. Turandot is David Hockney's most intensely colored stage production, with strong red and blue as dominant colours.
“I was interested in the challenge of working with a popular opera. This is not only my first Italian work, it is the first broad operatic production that I have staged. The music is completely accessible, you can't find more accessible music, even if you've never seen an opera before, you can come and see this and be really happy. So that was my challenge: to process an opera from the wide repertoire and make it both different and at the same time spectacular, says David Hockney." Excerpt from a report in Artforum, December 1991. Frame approx. 94 x 70 cm.
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Offset lithograph (computer generated laser print), signed David Hockney.
Literature reference: HP 201 (Hockney´s Pictures, Thames Hudson Ltd.) Provenance: Aaron Brothers Art Marts, Los Angeles David Hockney's Turandot (HP 201) is an offset lithograph which was issued in connection with David Hockney's assignment as scenographer in 1991-1992 for Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
In international cataloging the sheet is described: "David Hockney Computer generated laser print, published 1991 by Lyric Opera of Chicago, on smooth woven paper".
Comparison listing: https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/224/David-Hockney-b.-1937-Turandot/1?view=lot_detail&auction_no=1001 (https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/224 /David-Hockney-b.-1937-Turandot/1?view=lot_detail&auction_no=1001) Other information/Catalogue text The artist David Hockney staged Puccini's Turandot for the premiere in January 1992 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The following year (1993) the same performance was staged at the San Francisco Opera. Turandot takes place in the imperial palace of ancient Beijing, a forbidden city of sharp angles and intertwined curves.
In David Hockney's scenography, the palace environment becomes austere but at the same time filled with visual events; the performance becomes a constant journey for the eye, with effective lighting and varied scenographic solutions. Turandot is David Hockney's most intensely colored stage production, with strong red and blue as dominant colours.
“I was interested in the challenge of working with a popular opera. This is not only my first Italian work, it is the first broad operatic production that I have staged. The music is completely accessible, you can't find more accessible music, even if you've never seen an opera before, you can come and see this and be really happy. So that was my challenge: to process an opera from the wide repertoire and make it both different and at the same time spectacular, says David Hockney." Excerpt from a report in Artforum, December 1991. Frame approx. 94 x 70 cm.
Condition
Small stain in lower left corner.
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