Howard Hodgkin - Evening & Day Editions New York Friday, October 25, 2019 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 25 October 2019

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    Howard Hodgkin, 'As Time Goes By (blue)', Lot 26

    Editions & Works On Paper, 25 October

  • Provenance

    Lombard Fried Gallery, New York

  • Artist Biography

    Howard Hodgkin

    British • 1932 - 2017

    One of the greatest colorists of his generation, Howard Hodgkin explores the very nature of painting as both cultured language and sheer expression. He disregards the classical polarities of abstraction and representation, past and present, canvas and frame, using gestural brushstrokes and a vivid palette to emphasize the picture plane, while simultaneously seeking to convey memories and emotions.

    The seemingly casual, urgent quality of his paintings and prints belies a drawn-out process of making: it could take a year for Hodgkin to prepare to execute a single brushstroke. The resultant maximalist, saturated works on canvas, paper, wood and board can be intimately scaled and jewel-like, or oversized, opulent and theatrical. Whilst his early compositions have a collaged, geometric flatness, Hodgkin's later work (including etching and aquatint prints) increasingly incorporated more lush surface textures and complex, fluid patterns reminiscent of the Pahari miniatures from India, of which he was an avid collector.

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Howard Hodgkin

As Time Goes By (blue)

2009
Monumental aquatint in colors, with carborundum and hand-painting, on five hand torn sheets of Moulin de Gué paper, the full sheets.
overall S. 96 x 240 in. (243.8 x 609.6 cm)
Signed with initials, dated 'MMIX', and numbered 6/7 in pencil on the center panel (there were also 3 artist's proofs), published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London, each panel framed.

Estimate
$40,000 - 50,000 ♠

Sold for $77,500

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 25 October 2019