This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "David Hockney" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 200, at the lower left margin. There were also 35 artist’s proofs numbered with Roman numerals aside from the standard edition of 200.
This composition is the 15th of 20 from the  “The Blue Guitar” series.
This work was printed by Maurice Payne of the Petersburg Press, London and was published by Petersburg Press, London in 1977.
The title is stamped in ink at the centre of the lower margin, verso.

Literature:
1. (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 - 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art.
Reference: M.C.A.T. 192
2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979
Reference: Scottish Arts Council 213

Condition: Very good condition. A very pale, unobtrusive rust mark in the upper right image. Visible only under close examination.