Swimming

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Artist/Maker	The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (commissioned) Counter Editions Ltd. (retailer) Pyramid International (printers) Hodgkin, Howard Sir (artist)
Place of origin	UK (printed and published)

Howard Hodgkin described his paintings as representational pictures of emotional situations. In ‘Swimming’, a deep swirling mass of blue floods across the page. In its dark epicentre appears the outline of a figure, apparently pushing off after a tumble turn. The fluidity of the brushstrokes perfectly captures the movement of water and the sensations of swimming.

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Categories	Posters Sport Olympics
Object type	Poster
Title	Swimming (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Colour Offset Lithograph
Brief description	'Swimming' poster by Howard Hodgkin for London 2012 Olympic Games; UK, 2012
Physical description	poster depicting a swirl of blue painted brushstrokes
Dimensions	Height: 76cm Width: 60cm
Credit line	Given by LOCOG and Counter Editions
Association	London Olympics
Summary	Howard Hodgkin described his paintings as representational pictures of emotional situations. In ‘Swimming’, a deep swirling mass of blue floods across the page. In its dark epicentre appears the outline of a figure, apparently pushing off after a tumble turn. The fluidity of the brushstrokes perfectly captures the movement of water and the sensations of swimming.
Bibliographic reference	Timmers, Margaret, A Century of Olympic Posters (V&A: 2008)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.266-2012

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Record created	November 26, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1275818/swimming-poster-hodgkin-howard-sir/

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