Howard Hodgkin - DH in Hollywood
DH in Hollywood (Heenk 56)
1979-1985
Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017)
Etching with hand colouring on off white BFK wove paper
Edition of 100 - this is a printers proof outside the edition
Initialled, dated and inscribed "for Cinda" in pencil
Size - 21.6 x 28.1 cms
Proofed in 1979
Printed by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris 1985
Published by Petersberg Press, 1985
Framed - Limed timber frame, white mount with museum glass - size 57.5 x 61.5 cms
Note - The dedication refers to Cinda Sparling, who hand coloured the edition in orange-red, brown & green watercolour plus red & blue oil pastel - based on "DH in Hollywood", Oil on board 1980-84 - the copper plate was drawn in 1979 - DH refers to David Hockney - Hodgkin based this print on a trip he took at the time to visit his good friend and fellow Petersburg Press collaborator David Hockney in Los Angeles.
Provenance - Gwen Hughes, label verso
Condition - Excellent - Clean, bright copy, good colour
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