Name: Indian View L
Brand: Howard Hodgkin
Rating: 5 (231 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Howard Hodgkin's Indian View L (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,000 and £1,500. This lithograph print, created in 1971, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £560, with a total of 1 sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £520 in May 2022 to £560 in February 2024. This work is somewhat rare, having been sold 6 times since its initial sale in October 2015. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 75.

Auction Date

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Location

Hammer Price

Return to Seller

Buyer Paid

February 2024

Chiswick Auctions

United Kingdom

May 2022

Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales

United States

May 2018

Shapiro Auctioneers

Australia

May 2018

Sworders

United Kingdom

June 2017

Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales

United States

October 2015

Bonhams Knightsbridge

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 shows an abstract representation. The composition is mostly occupied by a black painted frame, which closes in on a small view of the seaside, dominated by warm shades of brown and yellow and deep blue tones.

Indian View L, the last of Hodgkin’s Indian View series, is perhaps as literal and representational as Hodgkin gets in this body of prints. Here, the uneven black frame – highly unusual in Hodgkin’s production – encapsulates a quaint image of a beach, painted through warm patches of colour and a blue line. The image recalls in format a travel postcard. Hodgkin created the print in the early 1970s following one of his many trips to India. Through these images, the artist aimed to recreate on paper the sights he had glimpsed during his train rides, together with the feelings and emotions he had then felt. Through carefully-devised arrangements of colour, Hodgkin re-presents on paper his memories and recollections, allowing viewers to immerse themselves into his travels. As John McEwen stated, “Hodgkin may often be en voyage, but not as a beholder. In place of a beholder, there is a rememberer.”