Howard Hodgkin
Evening Sea

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Artist Howard Hodgkin (British, 1932–2017)British, 1932–2017

CultureBritish

Titles

Evening Sea

Date1998

PlaceEngland

MediumOil on wood

Dimensions69 3/8 × 102 5/8 × 2 in. (176.2 × 260.7 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2000.234

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

104 Cullen Foundation Atrium

On view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePurchased by MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition HistoryAnthony d'Offay Gallery, London, 1999.

“Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

The painting is inscribed in black, verso, upper center: "Evening Sea 1998 [signature] 1998".
There is a gallery label on the verso, upper center: "Anthony d'Offay Gallery Dering Street London W1 0171-499 4100 / Howard HODGKIN / Evening Sea / 1998 / oil on wood / 69¼ x 102½ ins / 175.9 x 260.4 cm / A019000"

The painting is signed and dated three times, verso, in black, once at left, once at upper center, and once at upper right: "Howard Hodgkin / 1998"

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