The World's Largest Modern & Contemporary Prints & Editions Platform
Late Afternoon In The Museum Of Modern Art - Signed Print by Howard Hodgkin 1979 - MyArtBroker

Late Afternoon In The Museum Of Modern Art
Signed Print

Howard Hodgkin

£1,500-£2,250Value Indicator

$2,950-$4,450 Value Indicator

$2,700-$4,050 Value Indicator

¥13,500-¥21,000 Value Indicator

1,800-2,700 Value Indicator

$14,500-$22,000 Value Indicator

¥290,000-¥430,000 Value Indicator

$1,900-$2,850 Value Indicator

18% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

There aren't enough data points on this work for a comprehensive result. Please speak to a specialist by making an enquiry.

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 100

Year: 1979

Size: H 74cm x W 99cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Find out how Buying or Selling works.
Track this artwork in realtime

Watch artwork, manage valuations, track your portfolio and return against your collection

Track auction value trend

The value of Howard Hodgkin's Late Afternoon In The Museum Of Modern Art (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,500 and £2,250. This etching print from 1979 has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 15%. This work has an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market in September 2012. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £1,600, with a total sales volume of 1. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £491 in November 2020 to £1,600 in July 2024. The average annual growth rate is currently 15%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

Unlock up-to-the-minute market data on Howard Hodgkin's Late Afternoon In The Museum Of Modern Art, login or create a free account today

Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
July 2024Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
November 2020Swann Galleries United States
April 2018Phillips New York United States
September 2012Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Late Afternoon In The Museum Of Modern Art, together with All Alone In The Museum Of Modern Art, Thinking Aloud In The Museum Of Modern Art and Early Evening In The Museum of Modern Art, represents Hodgkin’s attempt to convey on paper an early memory from his childhood, the countless days and evenings he spent visiting the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. At a time when World War II was unsettling Europe, the safe walls of the museum provided the young artist with reassurance and comfort.

In this print, the feelings and emotions felt by Hodgkin emerge with full force through the gestural expressiveness of his marks, whereas the sepia undertones of the print situate the scene in a long-lost past. The trace of Hodgkin’s own hand and gesture, in this work, is further heightened through the presence of the artist’s fingerprints, which are scattered on the paper surface to evoke the spontaneity of children’s drawings.

  • 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.