LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on wood

Measurements:

38.58 in. (98.00 cm.) (height) by 48.43 in. (123.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy of Arts, A New Spirit in Painting, 1981, no. 61 (illustrated in colour). New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, Howard Hodgkin: Recent Paintings, 1981, no. 4 (illustrated in colour, unpaged). Venice, British Pavilion, XLI Venice Biennale, Howard Hodgkin: Forty Paintings 1973-1984, 1984-1985, p. 46 (illustrated in colour, p. 47). This exhibition later travelled to Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection; New Haven, The Yale Center for British Art; Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery. New York, Museum of Modern Art, An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, 1984 (illustrated, p. 158). Dublin, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Howard Hodgkin, Small Paintings 1975-1989, 1991.

Literature:

W. Feaver, 'A "New Spirit" - or Just a Tired Ghost?', in ARTnews, vol. 80, May 1981 (illustrated in colour, p. 115). K. Howard, 'Howard Hodgkin at Knoedler' in Art in America, vol. 69, October 1982, p. 146 (illustrated in colour, p. 114). L. Bortolon, 'I. Misteriosi Giardini di Hodgkin', in Grazia, 2 September 1984 (illustrated in colour, p. 35). A. Graham-Dixon, Howard Hodgkin, London 1994, p. 189 (illustrated in colour, p. 75). M. Price (ed.), Howard Hodgkin Paintings with a catalogue raisonné. The Complete Paintings, Catalogue Raisonné, London 1995, p. 172, no. 153 (illustrated in colour, p. 55; illustrated, p. 172). A. Graham-Dixon, Howard Hodgkin, London 2001, (illustrated in colour, p. 75). M. Thibaut, 'Der Maler der Erinnerung', in Weltkunst Moderne, October 2002, (illustrated in colour, p. 31). M. Price (ed.), Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Paintings, Catalogue Raisonné, London 2006, p. 165, no. 153 (illustrated in colour).

Provenance:

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, New York. Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1981). Thence by descent to the present owner.