Description
This work highlights Sir Howard Hodgkin’s trademark broad, gestural brushstrokes, vivid palette, and use of contrasting colors to create an engaging and attractive work.
This work is a special hybrid between a lithograph and a painting. First, it was printed from three zinc plates, one with emerald green ink, one with red-brown ink, and one with grey ink. The master printers, Alan Cox and Don Bessant at Sky Editions in London, then added yellow watercolor and red gouache. Thus, each of the 90 prints is different from the others, each has its own personality.
Details
Medium:
Lithograph printed from three zinc plates (one with emerald green ink, one with red-brown ink, and one with grey ink)
Paper:
Printed on 330 gram-weight Velin Arches mould-made paper with deckled edges
Publisher:
Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
Printer:
Printed by Alan Cox and Don Bessant at Sky Editions, London
Date:
1978
Signature:
Hand-signed and dated in pencil by the artist en recto lower bottom. Numbered in pencil en recto lower left.
Edition:
This is the 85th print out of the edition of 90.
Framing:
Custom framed using all conservation materials in solid clear-finished Maple behind 99% UV-Filtering Plexiglass.
Condition:
Excellent condition, without damage or flaw; paint is bright, crisp, and clear.
Sheet Size:
13.5 in. (h) x 24 in. (w)
Literature:
Heenk 44
