A vibrant and emotionally charged composition by Howard Hodgkin, this aquatint combines rich layers of colour with the textured depth of carborundum and gestural hand-painting. The work is printed across five hand-torn sheets of heavyweight Moulin de Gué paper, lending the piece a raw, fragmented quality that enhances its expressive intensity. True to Hodgkin's signature approach, the interplay of bold blue tones and fluid mark-making evokes memory and sensation rather than literal representation.