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Howard Hodgkin

Moonlight

Maker

Howard Hodgkin (English, 1932 - 2017)

Title

Moonlight

Year

1972

Medium

  • Oil on wood

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on wood

Materials

oil

Supports

  • wood

Dimensions

67 x 77.5 cm (26 3/8 x 30 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed and dated verso on wood: "Howard Hodgkin 1972."

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Richard Brown Baker

Object Number

2009.92.38

Type

  • Paintings

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

  • Books

Made in the UK: Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection

Exhibition History

Made in the UK
Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection
Sep 23, 2011 – Jan 08, 2012

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Howard Hodgkin (English, 1932 - 2017)
Moonlight, 1972
Oil on wood
67 x 77.5 cm (26 3/8 x 30 1/2 inches)
Bequest of Richard Brown Baker 2009.92.38

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