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HOWARD HODGKIN (1932-2017)
The Spectator
signed twice, titled and dated 'The Spectator Howard Hodgkin 1984-1987 Howard Hodgkin' (on the reverse)
oil on wood
17 3/4 x 19 5/8in. (45 x 49.8cm.)
Executed in 1984-1987
Provenance
The Whitechapel Auction, Sotheby's London, 1 July 1987, lot 739 (donated by the artist).
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Å. Thorkildsen, 'En samtale med Howard Hodgkin', in Kunst og kultur, vol. 70, no. 4, 1987, p. 221 (installation view with the artist illustrated, p. 220).
C. Gleadell, 'The Art Market, Auction Trends in the Eighties', in Art International, vol. 9, Winter 1989 (illustrated in colour, p. 72).
A. Graham-Dixon, Howard Hodgkin London 1994, pp. 30 and 188, with incorrect dimensions (illustrated in colour, p. 31).
J. Pitman, 'Showing his Colours', in The Times Magazine, 4 November 1995 (illustrated in colour, p. 11).
M. Price (ed.), Howard Hodgkin Paintings, London 1995, pp. 23-24, no. 215, with incorrect dimensions (illustrated in colour, p. 91; illustrated, p. 187).
M. Price (ed.), Howard Hodgkin The Complete Paintings, Catalogue Raisonné, London 2006, no. 215 (illustrated in colour, p. 228).
M. Hudson, 'A wonderful send-off for the man who made colour sing from the canvas - Howard Hodgkin National Portrait Gallery, review', in The Telegraph, 22 March 2017 (detail illustrated in colour).
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Howard Hodgkin Paintings, 1975-1995, 1995-1996. This exhibition later travelled to Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Howard Hodgkin Absent Friends, 2017, p. 148 (illustrated in colour, p. 149).
London, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Howard Hodgkin Memories, 2020.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.