Lot 87
HOWARD HODGKIN (1932-2017)
Lot 87 Details
HOWARD HODGKIN (1932-2017), British
VENICE, AFTERNOON (FROM VENETIAN VIEWS), 1995 [LIESBETH HEENK, 94]
Lift-ground colour etching and aquatint with carborundum on sixteen sheets of torn Velin Arches 300 gsm paper with additional handcolouring; signed with initials H.H., dated 1995 and numbered 3/60 in pencil to the bottom left sheet, second from the left. There were also 5 printer’s proofs and 14 artist’s proofs.
Printed and hand coloured by Jack Shirreff at the 107 Workshop, Wiltshire. Published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London.
Overall Image 64 x 78 in — 121.9 x 149.9 cm
Estimate $10,000-$15,000
Provenance:
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. J. Robert Nicholson, London, ON
Literature:
"Howard Hodgkin - Venetian Views, 1995" (Alan Cristea Gallery, London)
Exhibited:
A print from this edition was exhibited at:
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, Howard Hodgkin Venetian Views 1995, November 22 – December 22, 1995 (another example exhibited);
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Howard Hodgkin: Prints from the Collection, 1987-2002, July 13 – November 16, 2010 (another example exhibited)