Howard Hodgkin RA
Nick
Etching and Aquatint, 1977
43.9 x 55.4 cm (17¼ x 21¾ inches)
Edition 100/100
Available
Provenance:
Other examples are in the collections of: The British Council, London; Museum of Panjab University at Chandigarh, India. Tate Gallery, London.
Literature:
Liesbeth Heenk, Howard Hodgkin Prints; A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, 2003, p. 172, no. 31.); 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; Elizabeth Knowles (ed.), Howard Hodgkin: Prints 1977 - 1983, Tate Gallery, London, 1985, pp. 9, 13; Mary Rose Beaumont, 'Howard Hodgkin at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Tate Gallery and Bernard Jacobson', Arts Review, vol. 37, no. 20, 11 October 1985, p515 (ill.); Enrico Crispolto (intro), Howard Hodgkin: Opera grafica 1977 - 1983, British Council Touring Exhibition, 1985-90, pp.9, 49 (ill.colour, cover);Jeremy Lewison, 'Howard Hodgkin', Carte d'Arte, 1986, pp.19-20 (ill., p.21); Judith Dunham, 'Howard Hodgkin's Accumulated Memories', Print News, vol8, no.1, winter 1986, p.6 (ill, p.7); 'Cor britânica. Belas gravulas do inglês Howard Hodgkin'. Veja, 22 July 1987, p.117 (ill.); The Tate Gallery:Illustrated Catalogue of Illustrations 1984 - 86, London 1988, pp.385-86 (ill.,p.385); 'Grabados de Howard Hodgkin', El Sur, 17 July 1988 (ill.); Lenore Miller, Howard Hodgkin Prints: Vision and Collaboration, Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington D.C., 1994 (N.P.).
100/100
Soft ground etching with sugar lift and aquatint from two copper plates printed in black and green, with hand colouring in watercolour (yellow and pink wash, and blue for the border).
On Crisbrook hand-made paper.
Signed and dated 77 in pencil, lower right.
Numbered in pencil, lower left
Edition of 100, with 15 artists proofs, three printers proofs, 2 trial proofs, some stage proofs and 1B.A.T.
Proofed by Maurice Payne
Printed by Maurice Payne and Danny levy at the Petersburg Studios, London
Hand coloured by Maurice Payne and Danny Levy at the Petersburg Studios, New York.
Published by Petersburg Press, 1977
