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Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonne [Hardcover]

Marla Price (Author), John Elderfield (Introduction)
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September 25, 2006 Catalogue Raisonne

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 raisonne includes over 450 paintings, most reproduced in color.

Marla Price, an expert on the work of Hodgkin, has brought her 1995 catalogue raisonne 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. 472 illustrations, 413 in color

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Marla Price is Director of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. John Elderfield is chief curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson (September 25, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0500093296
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500093290
  • Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 10.6 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #547,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, Vivid, Nice-Sized Reproductions, March 26, 2007
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Play It By Ear "rumba_phile" (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonne (Hardcover)
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 black & 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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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding review of Hodgkin's work, September 11, 2007
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Katya (Bethesda, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonne (Hardcover)
This book is different from most catalogues raisonnees that I've seen, which often provide small, black 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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excelllent ovrview, November 28, 2007
This review is from: Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonne (Hardcover)
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 color 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 rigor 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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