Indian View E
Indian View E
Signed Print
Howard Hodgkin
£650-£950
$1,250-$1,850 Value Indicator
$1,150-$1,700 Value Indicator
¥6,000-¥9,000 Value Indicator
€800-€1,150 Value Indicator
$6,500-$9,500 Value Indicator
¥130,000-¥190,000 Value Indicator
$850-$1,250 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 75
Year: 1971
Size: H 78cm x W 58cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Chiswick Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| July 2024 | Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr | France | |||
| April 2022 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| November 2020 | Ivey | Selkirk | |||
| September 2017 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| June 2017 | Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales | United States | |||
| June 2017 | Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales | 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 dominated by the small patch of blacks, reds and greens arranged in the form of a cross the centre of the composition, framed by a washed down sepia tone that covers and softens the underlying black.
Hodgkin created Indian View E after his return to the United Kingdom from one of his many, yearly trips in India. The image captures a fleeting view from a train window the artist had throughout his journey. While in many prints of the series Hodgkin uses colour to suggest a certain landscape, here the palette of colours do little to help a visual analysis: maybe a night view of a field? In any case, Hodgkin would resist literal interpretations of his images, and would privilege instead that the viewer focused on the emotional response elicited by the print.
As John McEwen stated: “If some of Hodgkin’s images seem hermetic, encapsulating a meaning known only to the artist, it may be because we look too eagerly for signs of the recognisable rather than allowing the colour and dorm to affect us gradually.”
