Howard Hodgkin Indian Leaves print
Last updated: 18 October 2026
Indian Leaves is a lithograph Howard Hodgkin made in 1982 for a Tate exhibition, then left unpublished for more than 40 years. The Howard Hodgkin Indian Leaves print is a long, narrow sheet, 23 x 76.3cm, on Japanese Gampi Torinoko paper. Tate sells it for £600, or £540 for Tate Members, stamp-signed by the Howard Hodgkin Legacy Trust with a certificate of authenticity.
The story behind the Howard Hodgkin Indian Leaves print
In 1978 Hodgkin stayed with the Sarabhai family in Ahmedabad, opposite a paper mill. Each day they brought him fresh, wet paper, and he painted on it with brushes and rags dipped in vegetable dyes. Tate showed those paintings in Indian Leaves at the Tate Gallery from 22 September to 11 November 1982.
His publisher at Petersburg Press, Paul Cornwall-Jones, then asked him for a lithograph for the deluxe catalogue. Hodgkin made Indian Leaves and signed off the final proof. The edition was printed, but it never went into the catalogue, so it stayed in storage.
In 2024 the Howard Hodgkin Legacy Trust released the edition through a small group of museums. Tate was the first in London to sell it.
Key facts
- Artist: Howard Hodgkin (1932 to 2017), winner of the 1985 Turner Prize
- Technique: lithograph
- Paper: Japanese Gampi Torinoko
- Size: 23 x 76.3cm, so about three times as wide as it is tall
- Edition: 500 numbered in Roman numerals and 500 in Arabic, with 100 allocated to Tate
- Signature: stamp-signed by the Legacy Trust, not hand-signed by Hodgkin, with a certificate signed by the Trustees
- Price: £600, or £540 with Tate Membership
Who it suits
- Hodgkin fans: it belongs with the 1978 India paintings Tate showed in 1982, and Hodgkin approved the proof himself.
- Anyone with a narrow wall: the long landscape format fits above a sofa, a desk or a bed head.
- Tate Members: the 10% discount brings it to £540.
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The limits
Hodgkin did not sign each sheet himself. The signature is a stamp applied by the Legacy Trust, which matters if you are paying for a signed Hodgkin.
With 1,000 copies in the full edition, it is not a rare print, even though Tate's share is small.
It comes unframed, and the unusual 23 x 76.3cm shape usually means a custom frame rather than one off the shelf.
On 18 October 2026 the Tate shop listed nine edition numbers for sale, so the choice of numbers is narrowing.
Where to buy it in the UK
The Tate shop sells it online, with free UK delivery on orders over £60. The Met's own store in New York also offers the same lithograph, and its note on the edition describes how the series of 1,000 was printed but never published.
Howard Hodgkin Indian Leaves at Tate
FAQs
How much is the Howard Hodgkin Indian Leaves print?
£600 from the Tate shop, or £540 if you are a Tate Member.
Is Indian Leaves signed by Howard Hodgkin?
No. Hodgkin approved and signed the final proof in 1982, but each sheet sold now is stamp-signed by the Howard Hodgkin Legacy Trust and comes with a certificate.
How big is it?
23 x 76.3cm, a long landscape sheet on Japanese Gampi Torinoko paper.
How many were printed?
1,000 in total: 500 numbered in Roman numerals and 500 in Arabic. Tate has 100 of them to sell.
Why was it not released in 1982?
It was made for the deluxe catalogue of Tate's 1982 Indian Leaves exhibition, but it was never used, so the printed edition stayed unpublished until 2024.
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I checked the price and the edition numbers on the Tate shop on 18 October 2026.
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