LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

19.09 in. (48.50 cm.) (height) by 22.17 in. (56.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Howard Hodgkin' (on the reverse); signed again, inscribed and dated 'Fire in Venice 1986-89 Howard Hodgkin' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Cologne, Michael Werner Gallery, Howard Hodgkin, September - October 1990.New York, M. Knoedler and Co. Inc., Howard Hodgkin Recent Paintings, September - December 1990, no. 4.

Literature:

W. Dickoff (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Howard Hodgkin, Cologne, Michael Werner Gallery, 1990, no. 4, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Howard Hodgkin: Recent Paintings, New York, M. Knoedler and Co., 1990, no. 4, illustrated.A. Beyer, 'An Interview with Howard Hodgkin', Kunstforum 100, November - December 1990, pp. 210-22, no. 9, illustrated.R. Stecker, 'Venesianische Emotionen - Howard Hodgkin, ein nicht nur englischer Maler' in Das Kunst-Bulletin, January 1992, pp. 19-25, illustrated p. 20.Z. Heller, 'Howard's Way' in Harpers and Queen, April 1992, pp. 152-156, illustrated p. 155.A. Graham-Dixon, Howard Hodgkin, London, 1994, pp. 65, 69, illustrated in colour.M. Price (ed.), Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Paintings, Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1995, p. 243, no. 231, illustrated. I. Kranzfelder, 'Howard Hodgkin', in Künstler: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, vol. 54, 2001, p. 9, no. 11, illustrated.M. Price (ed.), Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Paintings, Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2006, p. 243, no. 231, illustrated.

Provenance:

with Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne.with M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York.Ron and Ann Pizzuti, New York.Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 2002, lot 405, where purchased by the present owner.