Howard Hodgkin - Editions Contemporary: Online Auction New York Wednesday, June 17, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Charles Riley p. 195

  • 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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The Sky's the Limit

2003
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (64.1 x 76.8 cm)
S. 32 3/8 x 36 3/8 in. (82.2 x 92.4 cm)

Signed with initials, dated, and numbered 107/108 in pencil (there were also 18 artist's proofs), published by Lincoln Center List Poster and Print Program, New York, in excellent condition, framed.

Estimate
$2,000 - 3,000 

Sold for $3,750

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Editions Contemporary: Online Auction

Online Auction 17 - 24 June 2020