Howard Hodgkin
Black Moonlight
1980

Name: Black Moonlight
Brand: Howard Hodgkin
Price: 15493.34 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Lithograph from four aluminium plates using tusche and washes, printed in transparent blacks ranging from beige to black, with hand colouring in gouache and watercolour in three shades of black (jet, lamp, and ivory). On two sheets of buff BFK Rives mould-made paper (300 gsm) Signed with initials and dated 1980 in pencil, lower left Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd. Exhibition History: 'Howard Hodgkin: Views. An Exhibition of Early Prints', Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 02 March - 02 April 2013 'Howard Hodgkin Recollections’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 21 April - 14 May 2022 Literature: Pat Gilmour, 'Howard Hodgkin', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 12, no. 1, March-April 1981, p. 5; 'The Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1980-82', London, 1984, p. 262; Elizabeth Knowles (ed.), 'Howard Hodgkin: Prints 1977 to 1983', Tate Gallery, London, 1985, p. 16; David Alston, 'Under the Cover of Darkness: Night Prints' (organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain), City Art Gallery, Bristol (touring), 1986, p. 25, no. 4 (ill. p. 24); John Russell (intro.), 'Howard Hodgkin. Graphic Work: Fourteen Hand-coloured Lithographs and Etchings 1977-1987', Lumley Cazalet, London, 1990 (n.p.); Lenore Miller, 'Howard Hodgkin Prints: Vision and Collaboration', Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1994 (n.p.); David Sylvester, 'An Artist whose Metier is Black and White', The Daily Telegraphy, 6 August 1994, p. 6; 'Howard Hodgkin: Arbeiten auf Papier von 1971 bis 1995', Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte, Oldenburg (touring), 1998, p. 86; Liesbeth Heenk and Nan Rosenthal, 'Howard Hodgkin Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné', London: Thames & Hudson, 2003, no. 62, p. 187; colour reproduction on p. 39

Creator:

Howard Hodgkin (1932, British)

Creation Year:

1980

Dimensions:

Height: 44.02 in (111.8 cm)Width: 55.24 in (140.3 cm)

More Editions & Sizes:

Edition of 50Price: $15,493

Medium:

Lithograph

Period:

Late 20th Century