In recent art world news, a coveted David Hockney oil painting titled Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica (1990), featuring a colorful California landscape along the Pacific Ocean, has been added to Sotheby’s upcoming contemporary art evening sale on May 16 in New York. The work carries a $20 million to $30 million estimate, which if sold in the estimate range the sale would set a record for the artist at auction.
Sotheby’s has stated that Hockney’s Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica painting represents “a true triumph of his singular vision: a panoramic and kaleidoscopic paean to his adopted hometown.”
The artist’s prior auction record involved his six-part paneled painting titled Woldgate Woods, 24, 25, and 26 October 2006, which sold at Sotheby’s for $11.7 million in the fall of 2016. The work features an autumnal scene of East Yorkshire.
Notably, even if the vibrant Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica painting sells at the lower end of the estimate, Hockney’s auction record will effectively double within a short period of just under two years. The painting is said to be offered from an unnamed private collection.
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