Howard Hodgkin RA
For John Constable
Lithograph, 1976
44.5 x 56.6 cm (17½ x 22¼ inches)
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Literature:
Liesbeth Heenk, Howard Hodgkin Prints; A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, 2003, p.169, no.25. Elizabeth Underhill, For John Constable, Tate Gallery, London, 17 February - 5th May 1976 (n.p.); Rosemary Simmons, 'Constable Portfolio', Arts Review, vol. 28, no.5, 5 March 1976, p.117, 'Howard Hodgkin Talking to Pat Gilmour About his Prints', 1 April 1976 (notes of recorded interview); Penelope Marcus, Howard Hodgkin: Complete Prints, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1977 (n.p.); Pat Gilmore, 'Howard Hodgkin' The Print Collectors Newsletter, vol.12, no.1 March - April 1981, p.3.
Exhibition History:
Other examples are in the collections of:
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Tate Gallery, London.
60/100
Lithograph from three zinc plates printed in two shades of blue, and sepia.
The Portfolio 'For John Constable' was made as a tribute to John Constable on the occasion of the bi-centenary of his birth in 1976. It comprises of a further eighteen prints, all pf which were made in 1976.
Signed and dated 76 in pencil, lower right.
Numbered in pencil lower left.
Edition of 100, with 21 artist's proofs, an unrecorded number of printer's proofs and 1 B.A.T.
Printed by Ian Lawson at Aymestry Water Mill, Herefordshire.
Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd, London, 1976
