Large Staff Room

Notes: This is the second state of this painting. The first state, dated 1964-67, was shown in ‘Howard Hodgkin: Recent Paintings’, Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, 28 February – 25 March 1967, cat. no.11; alternative title, Red Staff Room. The subject is the staff room at Corsham Court, Bath. A rare example of a study for this painting was published in Norman Blamey, ‘The Function of Drawing’, monad 1, Summer 1964, p.31, ill. (A magazine published by the Chelsea Art School Students’ Union.) See also comments by Andrew Causey about Japanese Screen or Large Japanese Screen PA63.