In a Crowded Room
- Date
- 1981–86
- Material
- Oil on wood
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 45 3/8 x 47 1/2 in. (115.3 x 120.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by the Shoenberg Foundation, Inc.
- Rights
- © The Estate of Howard Hodgkin
- Object Number
- 94:1986
NOTES
Varied bands of color, tightly spaced dots and splotches, and overlapping brushstrokes fill the space of this painting. Howard Hodgkin has described his work as “representational pictures of emotional situations.” The artist takes inspiration for his abstract compositions from domestic interiors as well as Persian and Indian painting traditions. This work is executed on two mahogany leaves from an 18th-century side table. Hodgkin mimics the appearance of a frame, painting all the way to the edge of this unusual support.
Provenance
1986
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY, USA
1986 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice from M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. dated May 16, 1986 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, August 1, 1986.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY, USA
1986 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice from M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. dated May 16, 1986 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, August 1, 1986.
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