Howard Hodgkin - Limited Edition Print ' As You'd been Wont '

Howard Hodgkin Limited Edition Print Entitled 'As You'd been Wont - Wantonly Wantonly Eros Past '

General Description

This print is from the book entitled The Way We Live Now by Howard Hodgkin which features six prints that accompany Susan Sontag’s short story about the impact of the AIDS crisis on a group friends in New York City.

The book is limited to 243 copies and each is hand signed by both Hodgkin and Sontag.

The book was designed by Gordon House, London.

The text was set in Bembo and printed on Arjomari Rivoli 240 gsm blanc casse paper by C.H.Printing, Corsham, Wiltshire.

The pictures and end papers are original etchings by Howard Hodgkin.

The etchings are printed in intaglio on Fabriano Ingres Avorio 16 gsm paper and hand painted in Sennelier tempera by Jack Shirreff, 107 Workshop, Box, Wiltshire.

The cover is hand painted in tempera n Fabriano Ingres Azzurrro 160 gsm Paper.

The bookbinding was done by Dieter Schulke of Perstella, Wimborne, Dorset.

Details
Dimensions: 30 x 43 cm
Edition:  Limited to 200. (Edition Number of the Book to which this Print Belongs is 70)
Publisher: Karsten Schubert, London
Year of Publication: 1991
Condition: Excellent

The purchaser will be provided with a copy of the justification page. (See pic of the justification page attached)