Indian View H
Indian View H
Signed Print
Howard Hodgkin
£650-£1,000
$1,300-$2,000 Value Indicator
$1,150-$1,800 Value Indicator
¥6,000-¥9,000 Value Indicator
€750-€1,200 Value Indicator
$6,500-$9,500 Value Indicator
¥130,000-¥190,000 Value Indicator
$800-$1,250 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 75
Year: 1971
Size: H 58cm x W 77cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2023 | Link Auction Galleries | United States | |||
| March 2023 | David Lay | United Kingdom | |||
| June 2017 | Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales | United States | |||
| March 2015 | Bonhams New York | United States | |||
| June 2006 | Stair Galleries | United States |
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 a simple and abstract representation. The image is framed by a large ivory frame and a smaller yellow frame, which encapsulate a small orange view.
In Indian View H, the painterly quality of the print is similar to the pale, almost understated effect of watercolours, and works to suggest an image of transience and ephemerality. Hodgkin painted the image after he returned from one of his travels to India, deciding he wanted to capture all the feelings and memories of his train journeys across the country. While the evocation of India is clear from the title, the abstract quality of the image can only leave it up to the viewer to identify and read the print. After all, Hodgkin often repeated that he was not interested in representing reality, but rather in re-creating emotions through carefully-arranged colours and shapes.
As John McEwen noticed in his important monography on the artist, “Hodgkin speaks of portraying the “evasiveness of reality”, a realism that is “evanescent, frail and difficult to establish.”
