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Artists›Howard Hodgkin

Howard Hodgkin

1932–2017

WA-00005570

London, UK

Contemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

169

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ950746

MoMA

Field Verification (8 fields)

5 cross-verified · 3 single-source

DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Gagosian + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (4)

Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/howard-hodgkin
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/howard-hodgkin
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2679
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Contemporary

Medium

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Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (89)

Herb Garden from Alan Cristea Gallery Twentieth Anniversary Portfolio

2015 · Carborundum relief from a portfolio of three aquatints (one with carborundum relief), one carborundum relief, one chromogenic print, three digital prints, four etchings (two with chine collé, one with embossing), one linoleum cut, one lithograph, three screenprints, two woodcuts, and two polymer gravures (one with woodcut)

composition and sheet: 11 1/4 × 15 1/16" (28.5 × 38.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seafood

2001 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper

support: 434 x 525 mm

Tate

Strictly Personal

2001 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper

support: 302 x 350 mm

Tate

Rain

2001 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper

support: 276 x 326 mm

Tate

Tears, Idle Tears

2001 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper

support: 295 x 375 mm

Tate

Come into the Garden, Maud

2000 · Oil paint on wood

support: 1898 x 2508 mm

Tate

Spring Rain

2000 · Oil on wood

38 3/4 × 42" (98.4 × 106.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Norwich

1999 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper

support: 434 x 482 mm

Tate

Books for the Paris Review

1997 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper

support: 375 x 415 mm

Tate

Venice, Night

1995 · Etching, aquatint and handcolouring on paper, 2 sheets

image: 1590 x 1950 mm

Tate

Indian Tree

1990 · Etching on paper

image: 916 x 1210 mm

Tate

Moroccan Door

1990 · Etching on paper

image: 768 x 1140 mm

Tate

After Degas

1990 · Color carborundum etching, with green tempera wash, on ivory wove paper

25.3 × 32.9 cm (10 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

THE HOSPITAL ROOM WAS CHOKED WITH FLOWERS/EVERYBODY LIKES FLOWERS/SURPLUS FLOWERS/THE ROOM...WAS FILLING UP WITH FLOWERS, plate 3 (three-page fold-out plate between pages 24 and 25) from THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

1990 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color with tempera additions

composition 11 1/4 x 24 13/16" (28.5 x 63 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

AS YOU'D BEEN WONT - WANTONLY/WANTONLY/EROS PAST, plate 2 (double page plate between pages 16 and 17) from THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

1990 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color with tempera additions

composition 11 1/4 x 16 1/2" (28.5 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Dust jacket from THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

1990 · Tempera

irreg composition 6 1/2 x 35 1/4" (16.5 x 89.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

The Way We Live Now

1990 · Illustrated book with 7 aquatints and 1 tempera (dust jacket)

page (each): 11 × 8 3/8" (28 × 21.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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FEAR GIVES EVERYTHING ITS HUE, ITS HIGH, front endpaper (double page plate between front flyleaf and page 1) from THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

1990 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color with tempera additions

irreg. composition 11 1/4 x 16 5/8" (28.5 x 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

IN TOUCH/CHECKING IN, plate 1 (double page plate between pages 8 and 9) from THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

1990 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color with tempera additions

irreg. composition 11 1/4 x 16" (28.5 x 40.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

FEAR GIVES EVERYTHING ITS HUE, ITS HIGH, back endpaper (double page plate prior to back flyleaf; variant of front endpaper) from THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

1990 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color with tempera additions

composition 11 1/4 x 16 5/8" (28.5 x 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

BUT HE DID STOP SMOKING/HE DIDN'T MISS CIGARETTES AT ALL, plate 4 (four-page fold-out plate between pages 32 and 33) from THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

1990 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color with tempera additions

composition 11 3/16 x 33 1/16" (28.4 x 84 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

As You'd Been Wont - Wantonly/Wantonly/Eros Past from The Way We Live Now

1990 · Aquatint, with tempera additions

composition: 11 5/8 x 16 15/16" (29.5 x 43 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

After Degas

1990 · Color carborundum etching, hand-colored with green egg tempera wash

Image and Sheet: 25.6 x 33 cm (10 1/16 x 13 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Large Flower (Furnishing Fabric)

1985 · Cotton, plain weave; flat bed screen printed; glazed

217.8 × 40.4 cm (85 3/4 × 55 1/4 in.); Repeat: 63.1 × 89 cm (24 7/8 × 35 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

89 published of 109 catalogued · 86 with image

Tate
59 published59 img
MoMA
20 publishedof 40 catalogued20 img
Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

In a Hotel Garden
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Interior (Day)
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
After Degas
1990 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Come into the Garden, Maud
2000 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Clean Sheets
1979 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1976 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Tears, Idle Tears
2001 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Indian View I
1971 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Red Eye
1981 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Indian View K
1971 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

10 assets

Artsy

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Relationships

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections5

Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Tate Christie's Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Eton College

Visual Arts

Bath School of Art and Design

Visual Arts

Camberwell College of Arts

Visual Arts

Bryanston School

Visual Arts

St Andrew's School, Pangbourne

Visual Arts

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£6,000 – £8,000	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£3,000 – £5,000	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£2,500 – £3,500	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£2,000 – £3,000	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£2,000 – £3,000	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£2,500 – £3,500	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£3,000 – £5,000	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£1,500 – £2,000	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£2,500 – £3,500	Unsold
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£2,500 – £3,500	Unsold

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