Indian View A
Indian View A
Signed Print
Howard Hodgkin
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 75
Year: 1971
Size: H 58cm x W 77cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Chiswick Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| May 2022 | Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales | United States | |||
| May 2022 | Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales | United States | |||
| June 2017 | Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales | United States | |||
| October 2015 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2008 | Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh | United Kingdom | |||
| November 2007 | Christie's London | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
This signed screenprint from 1971 is a rare, limited edition of 75 from Howard Hodgkin’s Indian Views series. The horizontal print presents to the viewer a delicate and simple abstract representation of concentric yellow rectangles closing in on a hombre blue rectangle.
Indian View A belongs to a series of works, Indian Views, where Hodgkin captured the fleeting memory of his train views as he travelled across the South Asian subcontinent. Indian View A, as the title suggests, was the first image the artist produced upon returning to England – he almost never, in fact, made his artworks in loco, preferring instead to reminisce within the walls of his all-white Bloomsbury studio in London.
While Hodgkin purposefully did not disclose much about the image, leaving it up to the viewer to fantasise about its possible meanings, the blue patch of colour that dominates the image seems to suggest a seaside view as glimpsed from the train.
British artist Howard Hodgkin was a luminary of abstraction. Representing Britain at the 1984 Venice Biennale, winning the Turner Prize in 1985, and knighted in 1992, Hodgkin established a legacy by pushing the boundaries of convention. Indian culture and painting heavily influenced the artist's work, infiltrating it most obviously in his bold colour choices. Evoking the bliss of exotic travels and past memories, Hodgkin's abstract representations provide an intimate insight into his world. The vibrancy of his palette and expression of the brushstrokes distinguished the artist from his contemporaries, seeing him gain international recognition.
