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Swimming - Signed Print by Howard Hodgkin 2011 - MyArtBroker

Swimming
Signed Print

Howard Hodgkin

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76 x 60cm, Edition of 350, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 350
Year: 2011
Size: H 76cm x W 60cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2023
Value Trend:
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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2023
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
$2,400
$2,800
$3,550
June 2023
Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers
United Kingdom
October 2021
Sworders
United Kingdom
December 2020
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
March 2020
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
January 2020
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
December 2019
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
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The value of Howard Hodgkin’s Swimming (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,200 and £3,300. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an auction history of 13 total sales since its entry to the market in June 2014. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,200 in June 2023 to £3,200 in October 2021, demonstrating an average annual growth rate of -5%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 350.

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Meaning & Analysis


Swimming, like Welcome and The Road To Rio, represents Hodgkin’s engagement with the world of agonistic sports. The print, produced by King and McGaw in New Heaven, was made in preparation to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games held in London. For the event, twelve distinguished British artists of the calibre of Bridget Riley, Tracey Emin and of course Hodgkin were asked to each create a poster that could emblematise the spirit of the game coming to London. While some artists, like Anthea Hamilton and Rachel Whiteread, chose to schematically re-invent the famous Olympic symbol, others like Emin dedicated words of admiration to the Olympians, notoriously writing “you inspire me with your determination and I love you”, Hodgkin, as typical of his practice, decided to focus instead on abstraction and colour. The result, Swimming, is an incredibly enchanting whirlwind of fluid painterly marks that beautifully pay homage to the sport.

  • British artist Howard Hodgkin was a luminary of abstraction. Representing Britain at the 1984 Venice Biennale, winning the Turner Prize in 1985, and knighted in 1992, Hodgkin established a legacy by pushing the boundaries of convention. Indian culture and painting heavily influenced the artist's work, infiltrating it most obviously in his bold colour choices. Evoking the bliss of exotic travels and past memories, Hodgkin's abstract representations provide an intimate insight into his world. The vibrancy of his palette and expression of the brushstrokes distinguished the artist from his contemporaries, seeing him gain international recognition.

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