Howard Hodgkin Prints

by Liesbeth Heenk, Nan Rosenthal, Howard Hodgkin

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 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 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.

Genres: Art

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Private account of Liesbeth Heenk, author of books on Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam Museums, and the Howard Hodgkin catalogue raisonne of prints.

Owner of Amsterdam Publishers.

http://viewAuthor.at/LiesbethHeenk

Reviews

[Carril Karr · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took me some time to read and study this book. Hodgkin’s printmaking is very different from the kind of printmaking I am involved in. Although different it really is an extension of his painting practice.
It is eye opening to see the collaboration between the artist and the technicians.