Eliot Hodgkin

Given by the artist to Sir David Scott in July 1973

STRUCTURE The work is on wove paper which has not been laid down. The corners of the sheet are adhered to a piece of orange card. There is an artist's pinhole, a crease and a small loss to the sheet in the upper left corner. There is a small tear to the sheet along the lower edge in the lower left quadrant. SURFACE There are traces of dirt and surface matter across the sheet. FRAME Unframed and held within a plastic folder.
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Eliot Hodgkin and his wife visited David and Valerie Scott at Boughton in July 1973 and sent this drawing, along with a thank you note to the Scotts shortly afterwards. Hodgkin had originally owned William Somerville Shanks' painting Tiddley Winks which is offered in this sale (lot 153). It was on this visit to Boughton that Hodgkin expressed his regret in selling the Shanks painting. Hodgkin shared with the Scotts a love of flowers and gardening. A delightful photograph of Hodgkin with his wife Minie and Sir David Scott was taken by Valerie Scott in the garden at the Dower House during their visit (Fig 1).