Howard Hodgkin

Late Afternoon in the Museum of Modern Art

1979

Soft-ground etching and aquatint, with hand-colouring, 1979-85. Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100. Printed on Hahnemühle mould-made paper by Atelier Crom...

Etching and aquatint with carborundum and hand-colouring in tempera on wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100. Printed by Jack Shirreff at 107 Work...

From 'Droites Libérées', a series which illustrated a poem by Henri Michaux. Signed in pencil, numbered in Roman numerals from XXV. From the suite on Japon nacré paper (the total e...

Signed in pencil verso, numbered from the edition of 16. Printed on wove paper by Stoneman Graphics, Cornwall. Published by The Paragon Press, London. (Kemp 201).

Artist: Howard Hodgkin, British (1932 - ) Title: Late Afternoon in the Museum of Art Year: 1979 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in red pencil Edition: 20/100 Size: 29.75 x 39 in...

Abstract black, white and tan print of interior scene with dots, lines, shadow and painted brushstroke texture. Ideal for display in minimalist, modern and contemporary spaces. While British pop artists such as David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield numbered amongst Howard Hodgkin's circle of friends, Hodgkin's work is painterly, expressionist, and abstract. Late Afternoon in the Museum of Modern Art by Howard Hodgkin. Soft-ground etching on buff BFK Rives mould-made paper. Edition 100: this impression 36/100. Signed by the artist, numbered 36/100, and dated 79 lower center in red crayon. Printed from the same plate as Early Evening in the Museum of Modern Art. Published by Petersburg Press. This print depicts an abstracted scene, perhaps a sculpture in front of a window in the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, in Hodgkin's signature painterly style. The expressive mark-making in this print is an example of the artist’s movement in the late 70s towards pronounced gestures. Hodgkin used his hand as a mark-making tool, combining these textures with loose and urgent brushwork. Howard Hodgkin was introduced to the etching technique used in Late Afternoon in the Museum of Modern Art at Petersburg Press, where this print was produced and where he would become a long-time collaborator. This technique allowed him to work fluidly and spontaneously, creating the moody interior scenes that mark Hodgkin’s work from the late 70s and early 80s. Part of a series of four prints reflecting on a visit to the Museum...

1979 Edition 96/100 Soft-ground etching from one copper plate printed in black. On buff BFK Rives mould-made paper. Signed and dated in red, lower centre From the series ‘In the Muse...

Soft-ground etching from one copper plate printed in black. On yellowish grey Hodgkinson hand-made paper Signed, numbered and dated '79 in red crayon, lower centre Published by Petersburg Press Exhibition History: 'Howard Hodgkin Recollections’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 21 April - 14 May 2022 Literature: Jacqueline Brody, 'Howard Hodgkin, Alone in the Museum of Modern Art and Not Quite Alone in the Museum of Modern Art (1979)', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 10, no. 3, July-August 1979, p. 93; Pat Gilmour, 'Howard Hodgkin', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 12, no. 1, March-April 1981, p. 4 (ill.); 'Prints by Six British Painters: Stephen Buckley, Robyn Denny, Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland, Richard Smith, John Walker', Tate Gallery, London, 1981-82 (n.p.); 'The Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1980-82', London, 1984, p. 261; Mary Rose...