Lot 37
  • 37

Howard Hodgkin

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Howard Hodgkin
  • Portrait of Ropsie Oppenheim
  • signed with initials and dated 1948
  • pen and ink
  • 28 by 21.5cm.; 11 by 8½in.

Provenance

Purchased directly from the Artist by Beatrice Freeman
Gifted from the above to a Private Collection in 2008

Condition

The sheet is adhered by two strips to the extreme upper edge, and is not laid down. There is slight deckling to the upper edge, and very slight cockling to the sheet, most visible to the upper right hand corner. There is discolouration and time-staining to the sheet. This excepting the work appears to be in very good overall condition. Housed behind glass in a thin wooden frame, and set within a beige and black mount. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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