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by Krzysztof Cieszkowski and Assunta Ferrera, assisted by Anna Klosinska



an asterisk (*) indicates entries which derive from references in previous bibliographies, but which have been neither located, seen nor verified by the compiler

Books Illustrated by the artist - 1991-1996
Susan Sontag [text], Howard Hodgkin [illustrations]: The way we live now.  London: Karsten Schubert, 1991; limited edition of 200 copies signed by the author & the artist; 4 hand-coloured etchings & hand-coloured endpapers; selling at £1800; text originally publ. in The New Yorker, 1986.

Susan Sontag [text], Howard Hodgkin [illustrations]: The way we live now.  London: Jonathan Cape, 1991; 32p, 5 col. Illus.  Fasimile commercial edition of Karsten Schubert limited edition (“All royalties from this edition of The Way We Live Now are being given to AIDS charities in the United Kingdom and the United States” – p.5); ISBN: 0224029169.

Julian Barnes: Evermore ; pictures by Howard Hodgkin, text by Julian Barnes.  London: Palawan Press, 1996; 1) standard edition of 150 signed & numbered copies, with 6 original etchings, in hand painted blue wrappers, enclosed in cardboard box & sleeve, selling at £750; 2) special blue edition of 50 signed & numbered copies, comprising the etchings of the standard edition, with each page of the book hand-painted, & 2 individual prints, signed by the artist; enclosed in sleeve and portfolio box in silver bookcloth; selling at £1500.

Books on the artist - 1982-2006
Howard Hodgkin: Indian leaves, with a portrait of the artist by Bruce Chatwin.  London, New York: Petersburg Press, 1982; 56p, 36 col. Illus.; texts by Bruce Chatwin, A portrait of the artist, pp.5-17 (reprinted as ‘Howard Hodgkin: Indian leaves’ in Writers on Howard Hodgkin, 2006, pp.57-67), & by HH, Artist’s notes, pp.51-53; ISBN: 0902825143.

Andrew Graham-Dixon: Howard Hodgkin.  London: Thames and Hudson, 1994; 192p, 114 illus. (96 col.); biog., exhibs., bibl.; incl. selection of Artist’s statements, pp.178-179; ISBN: 0500277699.

Michael Auping, John Elderfield, Susan Sontag, with a catalogue raisonné by Maria Price: Howard Hodgkin paintings.  London: Thames and Hudson, in association with The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, 1995; 216p, 354 illus (81 col.); published on the occasion of exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf; & Hayward Gallery, London; biog., exhibs., bibl.; text by Michael Auping, The long view, pp.9-32; text of correspondence between John Elderfield & the artist, An exchange, pp.65-80; text by Susan Sontag, About Hodgkin, pp.105-112 (repr. in Susan Sontag: Where the stress falls: essays.  London: Jonathan Cape, 2002, pp.151-160); Catalogue raisonné of oil paintings, compiled by Maria Price, pp.137-200; ISBN: 0500092567.

Andrew Graham-Dixon: Howard Hodgkin.   London: Thames and Hudson, 2001 (revised and expanded edition); 232p, 143 illus (121 col.); biog., exhibs., bibl.; incl. expanded selection of Artist’s statements, pp.214-217; ISBN: 0500092982.

Liesbeth Heenk: Howard Hodgkin Prints: a catalogue raisonné.   London: Thames and Hudson, 2003; 240p, 209 illus (83 col.); biog., exhibs., bibl.; introd. by Nan Rosenthal, ‘To make the most of an image …’, pp.7-24; interview, A conversation with Howard Hodgkin, pp.125-151; ISBN: 0500093091 (paperback edition, Howard Hodgkin: the complete prints, 2006; ISBN: 0500284393).

Enrique Juncosa (editor): Writers on Howard Hodgkin.  Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art; London: Tate Publishing, 2006; contents: Enrique Juncosa: ‘Foreword’ & ‘Angkor Wat’, pp.6-9, pp.11-23; Colm Toíbín: ‘Howard Hodgkin’, pp.37-56; Bruce Chatwin: ‘Howard Hodgkin: Indian leaves’, pp.56-67 (previously publ. as ‘A portrait of the artist’ in Howard Hodgkin: Indian leaves, Petersburg Press, 1982, pp.5-17); James Fenton: ‘Remembering the Aurochs’, pp.69-81 (previously publ. in Howard Hodgkin, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, 1999-2000, pp.7-15), and ‘In Paris with you’, pp.83-85 (previously publ. in Out of Danger, Penguin Books, 1994); Susan Sontag: ‘About Hodgkin’, pp.97-109 (previously publ. in Howard Hodgkin paintings, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Thames & Hudson, 1995, pp.105-112); Bruce Bernard: ‘Paintings 1975-1996, pp.111-117 (previously publ. in Howard Hodgkin: paintings 1975-1996, Hayward Gallery, 1996-1997);  William Boyd: ‘Abstract with memories’, pp.119-130 (previously publ. in Modern Painters, Spring 1996, vol.9 no.2, pp.36-39); Julian Barnes: ‘Words for H.H.’, pp.144-154 (previously publ. in Howard Hodgkin, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2003, pp.99-100); Anthony Lane: ‘True colors: Howard Hodgkin returns to New York’, pp.155-162 (previously publ. in The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2003); Alan Hollinghurst: ‘Howard Hodgkin’, pp.163-170 (previously publ.in Modern Painters, Spring 2004, vol.17 no.1, pp.116-118); chronology, pp.185-199; ISBN: 1854376748.

Marla Price: Howard Hodgkin Paintings: catalogue raisonné.  London, New York: Thames and Hudson, 2006; 384p, over 450 col. illus.; introd. by John Elderfield; ISBN: 0500093296 (June 2006).

Sections of books on the artist
*  ‘Creative methods in painting: Howard Hodgkin interviewed by Roger Coleman’, in J. Christopher Jones and D G Thornley (eds.): Conference on design methods: papers presented at the conference on systematic intuitive methods in Engineering, Industrial Design, Architecture and Communications, [Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College,] London, [19-21] September 1962.  Oxford, London, New York, Paris: Pergamon Press, 1963. (BL: 002226892)

Herbert Read: Contemporary British art.  Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964 (revised ed. of book originally publ. in 1951); p.48, pl.61b.

Bryan Robertson, John Russell & Lord Snowdon: Private view.  London: Thomas Nelson, 1965; pp.28, 278-279 (texts by John Russell; 4 photographs).

Aldo Pellegrini (tr. Robin Carson): New tendencies in art.  London: Elek, 1966; pp.207, 233 (1 illus.).

Jean Dypréau: ‘Pop Art, Nouveau Réalisme, Assemblage, Affinités et Contrastes’, in Ernest Goldschmidt (ed.): Depuis 45: l’art de notre temps, II.  Brussels: La Connaissance, 1970; pp.156-178 (ref. pp.159, 166).

Edward Lucie-Smith, Patricia White: [review of Kasmin exhib.], in Art in Britain, 1969-70.  London: J.M. Dent, 1970; p.29. 96 (2 illus, 1 col.).

[catalogue entries for ‘Mrs. Nicholas Munro’ and ‘Dinner at West Hill’], in The Tate Gallery 1968-70.  London: Tate Gallery, 1970; p.89.

Edward Lucie-Smith: Art today.  London: Phaidon, 1977; pp.175-176 (1 illus.).

Richard Shone: The century of change: British painting since 1900.  Oxford: Phaidon, 1977; pp.11, 34m 42, 219 (2 illus.).

[catalogue entry for ‘In a Hotel Garden’], in The Tate Gallery 1974-6: illustrated catalogue of acquisitions.  London: Tate Gallery, 1978; p.112.

Arts Council Collection: a concise illustrated catalogue of paintings, drawings, photographs and sculpture purchased for the Arts Council of Great Britain between 1942 and 1978.  London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979; p.129 (5 works illus.).

[catalogue entry for ‘Interior of a Museum’], in The Tate Gallery 1976-8: illustrated catalogue of acquisitions.  London: Tate Gallery, 1979; p.96.

Bruce Chatwin: ‘A portrait of the artist’, in Howard Hodgkin: Indian leaves.  London, New York: Petersburg Press, 1982; pp.5-17; repr. as ‘Howard Hodgkin’ in Bruce Chatwin: What am I doing here, London: Jonathan Cape, 1989, pp.70-78; repr. in paperback edition, London: Pan Books, 1990, pp.70-78; excerpt republ. in HH: ‘About my collection’, in Asian Art, Fall 1991, vol.6 no.4, pp.12-13.

The British Council Collection 1938-1984.  London: British Council, 1984; pp.74, 165.

Lynne Cooke: ‘Richard Deacon, Howard Hodgkin, Leon Kossoff, Sean Scully, Victor Willing’, in Art of our time: the Saatchi Collection.  London: Lund Humphries, 1984; volume 4, pp.34-40 (ref. pp.35-36), 139-140.

[catalogue entries for ‘Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Buckley’ & ‘Dinner at Smith Square’], in The Tate Gallery 1980-82: illustrated catalogue of acquisitions.  London: Tate Gallery, 1984; pp.140-141.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York: the history and the collection.  New York: Harry N. Abrams; London: Thames and Hudson, 1984 (repr. 1997); pp.37, 382.

JC [= John Caldwell]: ‘Howard Hodgkin: ‘The cylinder, the sphere and the cone’’, in Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute: collection handbook.  Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1985; pp.320-321.

H.H. Arnason: A history of modern art: painting, sculpture, architecture.  New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986; pp.658, 661-662 (2 illus.).

Jorge Lewinski: Portrait of the artist: twenty five years of British art.  Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1987; pp.94-95.

Sandy Nairne: State of the art: ideas and images in the 1980s.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1987 (A Channel Four Book); pp.115-120 (incl. interview).

The Whitworth Art Gallery: the first hundred years.  Manchester: Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, 1988; pp.130-131, col. illus.; text by Greg Smith on ‘Interior at Oakwood Court’, 1978-83.

Alistair Hicks: The School of London: the resurgence of contemporary painting.  Oxford: Phaidon, 1989; pp.14, 37-40.

Alistair Hicks: New British art in the Saatchi Collection.  London: Thames and Hudson, 1989; pp.14-15, 46-55.

Anna Moszynska: Abstract art.  London: Thames and Hudson (World of art), 1990; pp.221-224.

Simon Wilson: ‘Howard Hodgkin: Dinner at West Hill’ and ‘Howard Hodgkin: For Bernard Jacobson’, in Tate Gallery: an illustrated companion.  London: Tate Gallery, 1990; pp.223 & 257.

Robert Hughes: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of 1982 Knoedler exhib.], in The shock of the new: art and the century of change.  London: Thames and Hudson, 1990, pp.281-285 (previously publ. as ‘A peeper into Paradise’ Time, 29 Nov. 1982, p.88).

Simon Wilson: ‘Howard Hodgkin: Rain’ and ‘Howard Hodgkin: For Bernard Jacobson’, in Tate Gallery: an illustrated companion.  London: Tate Gallery, 1991 (2nd ed.); pp.284 & 299.

Wendy Mulford: The Bay of Naples.  [collection of 26 poems, with dedication on p.1: “to Howard Hodgkin.  After the exhibition ‘Forty paintings 1973-1984’, the Whitechapel Gallery 1985”].   London: Reality Studios, 1992; ISBN: 0950701882.

Patrick Elliott: The concise catalogue of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.  Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 1993; pp.157, 364.

*   James Fenton: ‘In Paris with you’, in Out of danger.  London: Penguin Books, 1994.

Brian Sewell: ‘Ivon Hitchens and Howard Hodgkin’, in The reviews that caused the rumpus, and other pieces.  London: Bloomsbury, 1994; pp.280-284 (previously publ. in The Tatler, 1989); & ‘Howard Hodgkin’, pp.284-286 (previously publ. as ‘The mark of the lesser spotted leopard’ in Evening Standard, 28 Oct. 1993, p.23; also republ. in An alphabet of villains.  London: Bloomsbury, 1995; pp.107-109).

The British Council Collection 1984-1994.  London: British Council, 1995; pp.72-73, 167.

Contemporary art at Deutsche Bank, London.  Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Bank, 1996; pp.49-50, 56.

‘Howard Hodgkin’, in The dictionary of art.  London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.; New York: Grove Dictionaries Inc., 1996; vol.14, pp.611-612.

Brian Sewell: ‘Howard Hodgkin’, in An alphabet of villains.  London: Bloomsbury, 1996; pp.107-109 (previously publ. as ‘The mark of the lesser spotted leopard’ in Evening Standard, 28 Oct. 1993, p.23; previously republ. in The reviews that caused the rumpus, and other pieces.  London: Bloomsbury, 1994; pp.284-286).

Virginia Button: The Turner Prize.  London: Tate Gallery Publishing, 1997; pp.34-39; 2nd edition, 1999, pp.34-39; 3rd edition, The Turner Prize: twenty years, 2003, pp.34-39.

Susannah Clapp: With Chatwin: portrait of a writer.  London: Jonathan Cape, 1997; pp.75, 113-116, et al.

Gautier Deblonde (photographs), Mel Gooding (essay): Artists.  London: Tate Gallery Publishing, 1999; p.107.

Government Art Collection of the United Kingdom: the twentieth century.  London: Government Art Collection, 1997; p.69.

Nicholas Shakespeare: Bruce Chatwin.  London: Harvill Press, 1999; pp.105, 111-112, et passim.

Wilfried Dickhoff: ‘Howard Hodgkin: the carnal presence of emotion’, in After Nihilism: essays on contemporary art.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000; pp.60-63 (previously publ. as ‘”Like an open book”’ in catalogue of HH exhibition at Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, 1990, pp.4-9, & at M.Knoedler, New York, 1990, pp.4-6).

Nicholas Sinclair: Portraits of artists.  London: Lund Humphries, 2000; p.33.

‘Howard Hodgkin: Hope, 2000 (week 39: October 16-21, 2000)’, in Fig-1: 50 projects in 50 weeks [ed. Mark Francis & Jay Jopling].  London: Spafax Publishing, in association with tate: the art magazine, 2001; folded poster, col. illus, with interview by Mark Francis.

Alistair Hicks (edited by Mary Findlay, Alistair Hicks and Friedhelm Hütte): Art works: British and German contemporary art 1960-2000.  London: Deutsche Bank AG, & Merrell Publishing, 2001; pp.99-100, 240.

Richard Humphreys: The Tate Britain companion to British art.  London: Tate Publishing, 2001; p.229.

Andrew Wilton: Five centuries of British painting: from Holbein to Hodgkin.  London: Thames and Hudson (World of Art), 2001; pp.241-243 (1 col. illus.).

[interview with John Wyver], in Art now: interviews with modern artists.  London, New York: Continuum, 2002 (transcript of interview in video-cassette publ. 2002 by Illuminations in series theEYE), pp.5, 28-45; introd. by Sandy Nairne.

Susan Sontag: ‘About Hodgkin’, in Where the stress falls: essays.  London: Jonathan Cape, 2002; pp.151-160; previously publ. in Michael Auping, John Elderfield, Susan Sontag: Howard Hodgkin paintings.  London: Thames and Hudson, with The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 1995, pp.105-112.

Marion Boulton Stroud: New material as new media: the Fabric Workshop and Museum [Philadelphia].  Cambridge (MA): MIT Press, 2002, pp.138-141.

David Sylvester: [interview with HH, recorded for the Landseer/Arts Council film Howard Hodgkin: in conversation with David Sylvester, 1982], in London recordings.  London: Chatto and Windus, 2003, pp. ix, 99-115.

John Tusa: ‘Howard Hodgkin: “The memory comes back in another form”’ [text of interview broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 7 May 2000, & publ. as ‘Lessons in art and life’ in The Independent on Sunday, 7 May 2000], in On creativity: interviews exploring the process.  London: Methuen, 2004; pp.167-182.

Richard Cork: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of 1976 Serpentine Gallery exhib.], in Everything seemed possible: art in the 1970s.  New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2003, pp.221-224; previously publ. as ‘Every blob counts!’ in Evening Standard, 20 May 1976.

Richard Cork: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of 1985 Whitechapel Art Gallery exhib.], in New spirit, new sculpture, new money: art i nthe 1980s.  New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2003, pp.180-183; previously publ. as ‘Howard’s way’ in The Listener, 10 Oct. 1985, vol.114 no.2930, p.37.

Richard Cork: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of 1999 Anthony d’Offay Gallery exhib.], in Breaking down the barriers: art in the 1990s.  New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2003, pp.447-450; previously publ. as ‘Raging, ageing bull’ in The Times, 19 Nov. 1999, p.51.

Richard Cork: ‘Encounters: new art from old’ [review of 2000 National Gallery exhib.], in Annus mirabilis: art in the year 2000.  New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2003; pp. 119-123 (ref. pp. 119-120); previously publ. as ‘New, improved additional values’ in Times 2, 14 June 2000, pp.20-21.

Cecil Higgins Art Gallery: prints.  Bedford: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, 2004; p.113.

Stefan van Raay, Frances Guy, Simon Martin, Andrew Churchill: Modern British art at Pallant House Gallery [Chichester].  London: Scala Publishers, 2004; cover, p.117.

Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum.  London: Scala Publishers, 2005; pp.174-175.  



Texts by the artist
‘Tate chance’ [letter from Robyn Denny, Adrian Heath, Patrick Heron, HH, F E McWilliam & William Scott,  occasioned by Sir John Rothenstein’s retirement as Director of the Tate Gallery, urging the appointment of an artist as his successor], in The Sunday Times, 10 May 1964; repr. in Towards another picture, 1977 (c.f.).

[reply to questionnaire appended to article by Norman Blamey, ‘The function of drawing’], in Monad 1: a magazine about painting (publ. by Chelsea Art School Students Union), Summer 1964, vol.1 no.1, pp.27-34 (ref. p.29, illus. on p.31).

[statement], in Jasia Reichardt (ed.): ‘On figuration and the narrative in art: statements by Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Hughes, Patrick Procktor, and Norman Toynton’ [based on session at Institute of Contemporary Arts, ‘Aspects of figuration and the narrative’,  8 Mar. 1966, chaired by Robert Hughes], in Studio International, Sept. 1966, vol.172 no.881, pp.140-144 (ref. p.140); section repr. in Towards another picture, 1977 (c.f.).

‘The relevance of Matisse: a discussion between Andrew Forge, Howard Hodgkin and Philip King’, in Studio International, July-Aug. 1968, vol.176 no.902, pp.9-17.

[untitled text in French], in Patrick Caulfield, Howard Hodgkin, Michael Moon.  Paris: Galerie Stadler, 1972 (catalogue of exhibition 21 Mar. – 15 Apr. 1972); on loose sheet.

*   A recorded talk on his paintings: Indian views, screenprints and lithographs.  London: British Council, 1976 (pamphlet publ. Nov. 1976); section repr. in Towards another picture, 1977 (q.v.).
 
[texts reprinted from 1964 letter to Sunday Times, 1966 Studio International discussion, & 1976 British Council pamphlet], in (ed.) Andrew Brighton and Lynda Morris : Towards another picture: an anthology of writings by artists working in Britain 1945-77.  Nottingham: Midland Group, 1977, pp.76-77, 96. 

‘An artist in residence’ [account of HH’s residency at Brasenose College, 1976-1977], in Oxford Art Journal, Oct. 1978, no.1: Art in Oxford, pp.36-37.

[introduction] to The artist’s eye: an exhibition selected by Howard Hodgkin at the National Gallery.  London: National Gallery, 1979 (catalogue of exhibition 20 June – 19 Aug. 1979), p.3; also commentaries on the 14 selected works.

‘Peter Blake and Howard Hodgkin in California’ [extracts from HH’s diary of a trip to California with Blake in Oct. 1979, staying with David Hockney, & 2 drawings; also 4 drawings by Peter Blake], in Ambit, 1980, no.83, pp.3-11 (ref. pp.3-7, 11)

‘The solipsist in his studio’ [review of ‘Matisse’ by Lawrence Gowing, Thames and Hudson 1979], in Times Literary Supplement, 21 Mar. 1980, no.4017, p.330.

‘Introduction’ to Paintingsby E. Box [= Eden Fleming, 1920 (?)-1988]: a retrospective exhibition,  including the artist’s most recent work.  London: David Carritt Limited, 1981 (catalogue of exhibition 23 Apr. – 15 May 1981); p.[6].

‘Artist’s notes’, in Howard Hodgkin: Indian leaves, with a portrait of the artist by Bruce Chatwin; London, New York: Petersburg Press, 1982, pp.51-53.

‘Foreword’, in Six Indian painters: Rabindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil, M.F. Husain, K.G. Subramanian, Bhupen Khakhar; London: Tate Gallery, 1982 (catalogue of exhibition, 7 Apr. – 23 May 1982), p.8.

‘How to be an artist’ [edited version of The William Townsend Memorial Lecture, given at Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, on 15th Dec. 1981], in The Burlington Magazine, Sept. 1982, vol.124 no.954, cover & pp.552-554.

‘An introduction to the exhibition’ and 38 of the 52 catalogue notes, in Indian drawing: an exhibition chosen by Howard Hodgkin, introduction by Terence McInerney; London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1983 (catalogue of exhibition at  Hayward Gallery, London, 10 Feb. – 17 Apr. 1983, then travelling), pp.v-vi & unpaginated catalogue entries signed ‘HH’.

‘Howard Hodgkin and Patrick Caulfield in conversation’, in Art Monthly, July-Aug. 1984, no.78, pp.1, 4-6.

*   ‘On and off the wall’, in The Observer, 3 July 1988, p.43.

‘Notes on the collection’, in Andrew Topsfield, Milo Cleveland Beach: Indian paintingsand drawings from the collection of Howard Hodgkin; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991, pp.9-11; repr. 1992 (Thames and Hudson, London) & 1994 (British Museum Press).

‘About my collection’ [of Indian paintings & drawings], in Asian Art, Fall 1991, vol.6 no.4, pp.8-27; incl. excerpt from ‘A portrait of the artist’ by Bruce Chatwin, in Indian leaves, with a portrait of the artist by Bruce Chatwin, London, New York: Petersburg Press, 1982, pp.5-17; republ. as ‘Howard Hodgkin’ in Bruce Chatwin: What am I doing here, London: Jonathan Cape, 1985, pp.70-78.

‘On collecting Indian painting’, in Ashmolean, Winter 1992, no.23, pp.9-15.

‘Arboreal architecture’ [on his mural for the facade of Charles Correa’s British Council offices in New Delhi], in Design Quarterly, Winter 1993, no.158, pp.14-15.

‘Artist’s statements’ [selection of 13 statements and texts dating from 1984-1993], in Andrew Graham-Dixon: Howard Hodgkin; London: Thames and Hudson, 1994, pp.178-179; expanded version in revised ed, 2001, pp.214-217.

‘A London view’, in Granta 65: London: the lives of the city, Spring 1999, pp.112-113.