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With the aid of master printer Aldo Crommelynck those drawings were converted into 20 mixed intaglio prints using a color-etching process initially developed for Pablo Picasso.<\/p>\n<p>While not a literal illustration of Stevens\u2019s poem, the print series <em>The Blue Guitar<\/em> interprets its themes in visual terms, and most of the images show Hockney\u2019s love of Picasso. The print <em>Old Guitarist<\/em> juxtaposes the Art Institute\u2019s famous painting of 1903\u201304 (1926.253) with later Picasso iconography. Other sheets likewise contrast Picasso\u2019s different phases within the same image; throughout the series, Hockney distinguishes the disparate styles by using different colors.<\/p>\n<p>It is perhaps Hockney\u2019s <em>Blue Guitar<\/em> that has perpetuated the idea that Wallace Stevens was similarly inspired by Picasso\u2019s <em>Old Guitarist<\/em>. 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