Howard Hodgkin: career timeline

British · 1932–2017 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 282 of 311 lots (91% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Howard Hodgkin: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s11$1.4kSign upDrawing
1960s44$2.2kSign upLithograph
1970s7567$2.4kSign upLithograph
1980s7266$2.3kSign upLithograph
1990s6156$6.5kSign upEtching
2000s3532$5.5kSign upEtching
2010s3029$2.4kSign upScreenprint

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1940s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.4kSign up
Typical size
11 × 8.5 in (28 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1960s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$2.3kSign up
Typical size
20 × 25.5 in (51 × 65 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Sunsets & night (1)

1970s 75 works

Sold
67 of 75
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$13.5kSign up
Typical size
22 × 27.5 in (56 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (28), Etching (26), Screenprint (13)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (4), Markets & villages (2), Abstract (1)
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…and 51 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 72 works

Sold
66 of 72
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$3.2kSign up
Typical size
32.5 × 40.5 in (82 × 104 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (41), Etching (17), Screenprint (8)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (10), Palms (3), Flowers & still life (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 48 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 61 works

Sold
56 of 61
Median
$6.5kSign up
Average
$15.9kSign up
Typical size
29 × 41 in (74 × 104 cm)
Mediums
Etching (27), Print (other) (17), Screenprint (11)
Subjects
Palms (8), Sunsets & night (6), Landscapes (3)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 35 works

Sold
32 of 35
Median
$5.5kSign up
Average
$26.5kSign up
Typical size
26.5 × 30.5 in (67 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Etching (15), Screenprint (9), Aquatint (6)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (2), Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 30 works

Sold
29 of 30
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$3.4kSign up
Typical size
30 × 23.5 in (76 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (22), Aquatint (5), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (12), Sunsets & night (2), Flowers & still life (2)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

29 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$3.5kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 11.5 in (25 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Aquatint (1)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 17 works

Sold
16 of 17
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$3kSign up
Typical size
23 × 22.5 in (58 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (7), Other (4), Aquatint (3)
Subjects
Palms (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works

Sold
10 of 11
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$3.1kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 28 in (57 × 71 cm)
Mediums
Etching (4), Lithograph (3), Screenprint (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 5 more (2020s)

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Howard Hodgkin auction results →