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Black Monsoon

Publisher Waddington Graphics British
1987–88
Not on view
Black Monsoon is one of the final two prints that Hodgkin produced with Judith Solodkin, the master lithographer of Solo Press in New York City, where Hodgkin had editioned many works over the previous ten years. A new looseness and freedom in Hodgkin's technique is visible in the deep black splatters and puddles of pigment in this print, whose murky depths presage the larger spills and sweeps of the Venetian Views (MMA 1995.425.1a-p and .2a-p; 1995.467.4a-p and .5a, b).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Black Monsoon
  • Artist: Howard Hodgkin (British, London 1932–2017 London)
  • Printer: Solo Press, Inc., New York
  • Publisher: Waddington Graphics
  • Date: 1987–88
  • Medium: Lithograph with stencil print (pochoir) in opaque watercolor (handcoloring)
  • Edition: artist's proof 10/11 from an edition of 40 + 11 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs, 2 Solo Press impressions, 6 trial proofs, and 1 bon á tirer
  • Dimensions: 42 1/2 × 53 1/4 in. (107.9 × 135.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1995
  • Object Number: 1995.467.3
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Howard Hodgkin
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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