Photographers and correspondents are invited to preview
Howard Hodgkin: Portrait of the Artist
& Arts of the Middle East and India
Hodgkin’s personal collection unveiled for the first time
A kaleidoscope of objects from Italy to India
A millennia of exquisite bejewelled and historic objects, sumptuous textiles and paintings, alongside Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asian Art
Date: 10am, Friday, 20 October 2017
Location: 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA
HIGHLIGHTS ON VIEW:
Howard Hodgkin: Portrait of the Artist
A selection of works gifted to Hodgkin by celebrated post-war British artist-friends, including Patrick Caulfield and Peter Blake
One of the greatest works by Bhupen Khakhar ever to come to market and a highlight of the artist’s retrospective at Tate Modern
An exuberant 17th century Persian carpet fragment from the fabled collection of Robert von Hirsch
Arts of the Middle East and India
Two extremely rare monumental 17th century Persian portraits, each estimated up to £1m
Previously unknown, luxurious large-scale Ottoman textile panel – in near-perfect condition
A magnificent royal tunic, embroidered with thousands of Basra seed pearls, exemplifying the splendour of the opulent courts of the Maharajas in the late nineteenth century.
Indian and Middle Eastern Modern masterpieces including works by Bahman Mohasses, Mahmoud Said, Sohrab Sepehri & Etel Adnan