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Swimming - Signed Print by Howard Hodgkin 2011 - MyArtBroker

Swimming
Signed Print

Howard Hodgkin

£2,400-£3,550Value Indicator

$4,750-$7,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 350

Year: 2011

Size: H 76cm x W 60cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Howard Hodgkin’s Swimming (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,400 and £3,550. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,200 in June 2023 to £3,500 in March 2020. This work has an established auction history, having been sold 13 times at auction since its initial sale in June 2014. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 350.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2023Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
June 2023Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers United Kingdom
October 2021Sworders United Kingdom
December 2020Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
March 2020Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
January 2020Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
December 2019Forum Auctions London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis


Swimming, like Welcome and The Road To Rio, represents Hodgkin’s engagement with the world of agonistic sports. The print, produced by King and McGaw in New Heaven, was made in preparation to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games held in London. For the event, twelve distinguished British artists of the calibre of Bridget Riley, Tracey Emin and of course Hodgkin were asked to each create a poster that could emblematise the spirit of the game coming to London. While some artists, like Anthea Hamilton and Rachel Whiteread, chose to schematically re-invent the famous Olympic symbol, others like Emin dedicated words of admiration to the Olympians, notoriously writing “you inspire me with your determination and I love you”, Hodgkin, as typical of his practice, decided to focus instead on abstraction and colour. The result, Swimming, is an incredibly enchanting whirlwind of fluid painterly marks that beautifully pay homage to the sport.

  • 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.