Howard Hodgkin Prints - Hardcover

Heenk, Liesbeth; Rosenthal, Nan; Hodgkin, Howard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500093091 ISBN 13: 9780500093092

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2003

Synopsis

An internationally acclaimed painter, Howard Hodgkin (1932-17) was also a major and highly original maker of prints. This is the first ever comprehensive survey and catalogue raisonne of Hodgkin's prints comprising more than 140 works made since 1953. An interview with the artist by art historian Liesbeth Heenk reveals his attitudes toward printmaking as an altogether different process from painting: neither medium is used to imitate the other, nor do they reflect on each other. Compared to the rich, condensed intensity of the paintings, his prints have a broad, expansive quality. Hodgkin's working methods are also discussed. He never collaborates in the actual printing process himself, but gives very detailed instructions: his interest is primarily in the decisions that lead to the production of a mark, not in the act of making that mark. Essays by Liesbeth Heenk, a print expert who worked for Christie's in London and Sotheby's in Holland and Nan Rosenthal, Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, shed light on the prints, their genesis and development, and on the artist's innovative working habits and his ideas about printmaking. A fully illustrated catalogue raisonne, a chronology, an extensive bibliography, and a list of solo and group exhibitions complete this definitive publication. 202 illustrations in color and duotone.

About this title

From the Author:

All Howard Hodgkin prints are being referred to as Heenk numbers, after Dr Liesbeth Heenk, author and compiler of the Howard Hodgkin prints catalogue.

From the Back Cover:

Howard Hodgkin was one of the most popular British artists and his prints - with their vibrant colours - fully reflect this popular appeal. This lavish survey and catalogue raisonne, much praised on first publication and now available in paperback, includes an interview with Hodgkin by Liesbeth Heenk that sheds light on the genesis of his prints. It also contains a major essay by Nan Rosenthal (1937-2014), over eighty colour plates and a fully illustrated catalogue raisonne.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0500093091
• ISBN 13: 9780500093092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216