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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.2
EAN num: 9780500093290
ISBN number: 0500093296
Label: Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
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Page Count: 400
Printing Date: September 25, 2006
Publishing house: Thames & Hudson
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The most complete book to date on one of the leading painters of the postwar generation: enlarged, updated, and redesigned.
Howard Hodgkin's career has spanned seven decades, and this extensive catalogue raisonné includes over 450 paintings, most reproduced in color.
Marla Price, an expert on the work of Hodgkin, has brought her 1995 catalogue raisonné completely up-to-date, with reproductions of over 150 recent paintings finished in the past decade. Invaluable information is given on the provenance of all the paintings, their exhibition histories, and published references to discussions of the works, while an introduction by John Elderfield sheds light on the artist's materials and techniques. The reference section includes a list of exhibitions and a chronology, and an extensive bibliography cites periodical and newspaper articles, the artist's statements and interviews, exhibition catalogues, and television and radio interviews.
A touring exhibition of Hodgkin's work can be seen in 2006 at The Irish Museum of Modern Art and Tate Britain. 472 illustrations, 413 in color.
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This is an excellent overview of Howard Hodgkin's work. The early work is particularly informative with the artist really investigating space and somewhat unique use composition. His use of colour is as always - special. The book is very well presented, and easy to read. One of the things that is striking about the work is the intellectual rigour or discipline the artist brings to each piece - they are completed in most cases over an extended period of time, and the contemplative quality of the work comes through. I highly recommended this book as one one that you can return to time and time again and enjoy the pleasure of the gaze.
Peter Whitting
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This book is different from most catalogues raisonnees that I've seen, which often provide small, grey and white reproductions. In this one, the reproductions are generally quite large, and almost all in color. It's a beautiful book, well worth the cost for anyone interested in Hodgkin.
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Whenever I purchase a Catalogue Raisonne, I wonder how they are going to present a huge body of work. Some of the work often suffers in attempting to include everything an artist has ever produced. Not really the case here. There are some exceptions here where the work is reproduced in grey & white but not a heck of alot.
I am indeed surprised at the size and quality of the reproductions. I have never seen any website reproductions that approach the detail that is evident here. This is as close to complete retrospective as you'll ever get. There is some non-pictorial content as well but great painting does not require a subtext.
This complete paintings catalog contains some great works that I have never seen before. The paintings from the beginning of Hodgkin's career (most of which don't call attention to the framing) are some of my favorites. As he moves to the painting on the frame as well as the "interior" space, some of these don't work for me but some are among his best paintings. I actually like the fact that he paints on the frames. I have always felt that a painting is in fact a three dimensional object, as well as containg the three dimensional illusion aspect. In anybody else's hands this could turn into gimmick but in Hodgkin's it does not.
Make sure you get the 2006 updated version of this book. It's 420 pages and fascinating.
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