Howard Hodgkin

£1,000 VALUE (EST.)

$2,000-$2,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥8,000-¥8,000 VALUE (EST.)

€1,000-€1,000 VALUE (EST.)

$10,000-$10,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥160,000-¥160,000 VALUE (EST.)

$1,000-$1,000 VALUE (EST.)

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Auction Date

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Artwork

Hammer Price

Return to Seller

Buyer Paid

May 2018

Shapiro Auctioneers - Australia

Indian View L - Signed Print

May 2018

Sworders - United Kingdom

Indian View L - Signed Print

June 2017

Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales - United States

Indian View L - Signed Print

October 2015

Bonhams Knightsbridge - United Kingdom

Indian View L - Signed Print

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.

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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.”