
Late Afternoon In the Museum of Modern Art, from In the Museum of Modern Art
A luminous etching rendered in Hodgkin's characteristic embrace of bold, gestural mark-making, this work captures the atmospheric quality of late afternoon light filtering through a grand cultural institution. Warm, layered tones evoke the hushed, contemplative mood of museum hours drawing to a close, where visitors and artworks alike seem suspended in a golden stillness. The composition balances Hodgkin's deeply personal sense of memory and sensation with the universal experience of inhabiting one of the world's most celebrated art spaces.
- Medium
- Etching, on buff Rives BFK paper, the full sheet.
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- Auction House · Phillips
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April 24, 2018
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