Behind the Print | Here we are in Croydon by Howard Hodgkin

“Here we are in Croydon” by Howard Hodgkin highlights the artist’s abstract black and white brushwork which became increasingly spontaneous and loose towards the end of the 1970s when this work was printed. The Tate’s online entry reads: “This print was made after a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the United States. The title derives from a sarcastic remark by one of Hodgkin’ English friends about an interior in Tulsa.”

The edition is hand-coloured with watercolor and gouache, while this never-published black and white proof is from our publisher archives and is signed by the artist and dated 1979 lower center.