LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

20.71 in. (52.60 cm.) (height) by 23.90 in. (60.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and dated 'A Bust of Paul Levy Howard Hodgkin 1976-77' (on the reverse); signed, dedicated and dated again 'To Paul and Penny/with love from/Howard and Julia 24-6-77' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Nantes, Musée de Beaux-Arts, Howard Hodgkin: Small Paintings, 1975-1989, June - September 1990, no. 4.Berkeley, University Art Museum, University of California, Howard Hodgkin, September - December 1991, no. 1.New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Howard Hodgkin Paintings, 1975-1996, 1996: this exhibition travelled to Fort Worth, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; and Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen.London, Waddington Galleries, British Art: A Selection from Waddington Galleries, October 1997, no. 22.

Literature:

D.B. Kuspit, 'Howard Hodgkin at Emmerich' in Art in America, vol. 65, November - December 1977, p. 135, illustrated.J. McEwen, 'Four British Painters' in Artforum, vol. 17, December 1978, p. 55, illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1982, p. 57, illustrated. W. Feaver, 'Art', in Vogue, September 1985.M. Vaizey, 'The Intimate Room Within', The Sunday Times, 29 September 1985.'Small Things but his Own', The List, 7-20 December 1990, p. 63, illustrated.M. Lewis, 'Small Painting Big Impact', The Daily Californian, 27 September 1991, illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, Howard Hodgkin Paintings, 1975-1996, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996, p. 49, illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, British Art: A Selection from Waddington Galleries, London, Waddington Galleries, 1997, no. 22, illustrated.

Provenance:

A gift from the artist to Paul and Penny Levy, as a wedding present, in 1977.with Kasmin Gallery, London.with André Emmerich Gallery, New York.Mr and Mrs Graham Gund.with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in 2000.