Object Detail


Catalogue number
FH1039
Date
1932-3
Brief Description
While staying on the Balearic island of Ibiza in 1933, Frances Hodgkins began painting this panoramic view across the harbour, seen from Dalt Vila, the old hill top town. The deep colours suggest the late afternoon or evening, the time when Hodgkins preferred to paint, when the heat and light were less intense. She finished the work back in London, noting, ‘I am looking for a quiet corner where I can settle down and crystallise the afterglow of my Spanish memories – before they grow dim.'
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
635 x 763 mm
Inscription
Signed lower left: Frances Hodgkins
Institutional number
1982/46/3
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1982
Subject place
Provenance
Lefevre Gallery, London, England, 1937.
Dr Donald Whyte, California, USA.
Purchased from Dr Donald Whyte by Auckland City Art Gallery (now Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki), 1982.

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