After Degas
<p>English artist Howard Hodgkin’s painterly prints from the 1990s frequently reference framed artworks or windows. This print not only includes a hand-painted green tempera framing border, but its title looks back at the 19th-century French landscapes of Edgar Degas. While more abstract than Degas’s early oil paintings, they recall his groundbreaking work in pastel and monotype. Hodgkin achieved the sandy texture evident in the mountainous mass at the bottom of the image by adding a carborundum paste to the plate, rather than abrading and burnishing it. Using this technique to provide texture is similar to J. M. W. Turner’s mixed method landscapes.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1990
- Dimensions
- 25.3 × 32.9 cm (10 × 13 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Howard Hodgkin
Artist
Painting
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2001 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper
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2001 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper
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2001 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper
Tears, Idle Tears
2001 · Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper
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2000 · Oil paint on wood
Record
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- Howard Hodgkin
- Year
- 1990
- Dimensions
- 25.3 × 32.9 cm (10 × 13 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1990-120781
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified