David Hockney - Turandot (Hand Signed by David Hockney), 1991

Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Computer generated laser print on smooth wove paper
Boldly signed in blue marker by David Hockney
Published by Lyric Opera of Chicago
This work has been framed in a museum quality bold blue wood frame under UV plexiglass.
Measurements:
Framed
41 inches (vertical) by 32.5 inches (horizontal) by 2 inches
Poster
33.5 inches (vertical) by 25 inches (horizontal)

Below is a contemporaneous (1991) review of the production in Artforum: - entitled "Red China: David Hockney's Turandot":
"David Hockney, collaborating with Ian Falconer, has just designed a production of Puccini’s Turandot that will premiere in January at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (and opens the following year at the San Francisco Opera). Turandot is set in and around the Imperial Palace in ancient Peking, which Hockney and Falconer have rendered as an abstracted Forbidden City of alternately sharp angles and interlaced curves. One might say that the guiding principle behind this production is the agon between the unrelenting geometry of the setting and the extreme lyricism of the music, a kind of paradigm for the contrast between the icy resistance of Princess Turandot, daughter of Emperor Altoum, and the red-hot pursuit of her hand by the unknown stranger Calaf. The palace setting of Hockney and Falconer is thrillingly austere and yet filled with visual incident; a constant journey for the eye is created, by means of lighting, as stage front and rear are alternately emphasized. This may also be Hockney’s most intensely hued production, with red and blue predominating. All in all, it is very much an artist’s Turandot, with detail subordinated to large pictorial effect..."
DAVID HOCKNEY BIOGRAPHY
David Hockney (born 1937) is one of the most celebrated and well-known British artists. He came to fame as one of the leading artists involved in the Pop art movement in the 1960s.

Hockney is particularly known as a painter and as one of the master drafters of our times. He widely champions drawing, which has underpinned his work throughout his life. His drawing is inspired by both the Old Masters, such as Rembrandt, and ‘modern Masters’ like Picasso.

He is known for experimenting in a range of media and techniques. These include printmaking, photography and stage design, as well as painting and drawing. He has also been creating artworks using iPads since they first came out in 2010, working with developers to create custom-made apps.

He is well-known for creating portraits of people he loves, making portraits of the same people again and again. These portraits include his parents and a close group of friends, showing their changing appearance and relationship with him.

Over the past six decades, Hockney’s inventive visual language has taken many different stylistic turns, from the early pen and ink, and coloured pencil drawings to his more recent experiments with watercolour and digital technology.