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“I wanted to go back and see Yosemite with digital eyes. The very first time I saw it was through the lens of a camera, and I had always wanted to return and see it through the lenses of the latest technology.”
—David HockneyIn 2010, David Hockney visited Yosemite National Park equipped with a brand-new invention: the iPad. Released by Apple earlier that year, the iPad was fast becoming a popular gadget, but Hockney was one of the first to realise its full potential as an artistic tool. Relishing the immediacy of working on the device, Hockney set about creating twenty-six iPad drawings en plein air which he titled The Yosemite Suite. In doing so, Hockney asserted himself as an artist for the technological age and brought a unique and pioneering aesthetic to the Yosemite Valley, California – a region which has long served as an arena for artists to showcase their skills.
Since the mid-19th century, artists have flocked to the Yosemite Valley, attempting to capture its dramatic scenery and towering rock formations. Published in 1855 – the first widely published images of Yosemite - lithographs after Thomas Ayer's drawings highlight the beauty and expanse of the unspoilt landscape. Depictions by painters soon followed, with the Hudson River School’s Albert Bierstadt creating Merced River, Yosemite Valley (1866), which currently hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. By the mid-20th century, Yosemite had become one of America’s first designated National Parks as well as a chief source of inspiration for the photographer Ansel Adams, whose images of the region are amongst the most widely recognised.
Albert Bierstadt, Merced River, Yosemite Valley, 1866, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the sons of William Paton, 1909, 09.214.1 In drawing Yosemite, Hockney actively engages with the region’s important visual history. He offers a refreshing and modern take on the iconic landscape, rendered through distinct digital brushstrokes and his trademark colourful palette. Brushes – Hockney’s favourite app to create work on at the time – allowed the artist to easily draw in situ and experiment with different types of mark making. Utilising blurring tools and different densities of line, Brushes allowed Hockney to create layered images with both depth and atmosphere. In the present work, Untitled No. 21, layers of green dots evoke the verdant foliage of the valley slopes. Thick and thin pale-yellow lines emphasise the dramatic rock-faces so characteristic of Yosemite’s landscape. Furthermore, a haze of blue in the centre of the composition subtly reveals the action of the river and waterfalls in the valley below.
Recognising the impact of scale in such a setting, Hockney was inspired to experiment with transposing his iPad drawings into large format prints: each print in The Yosemite Suite measures almost a metre by two thirds of a metre, roughly four times the size of the iPad screen on which they were produced. Like the subject they depict, the scale and vibrancy of Hockney’s Yosemite prints are eye catching, and they serve as an early example of the artist’s forays into digital art.Provenance
Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris (label verso of frame)
Artist Biography
David Hockney
David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most well-known and celebrated artists of the
20th and 21st centuries. He works across many mediums, including painting, collage,
and more recently digitally, by creating print series on iPads. His works show semi-
abstract representations of domestic life, human relationships, floral, fauna, and the
changing of seasons.
Hockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal
Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many
other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90
million.
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Untitled No. 21, from The Yosemite Suite
2010
iPad drawing in colours, printed on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 81.5 x 61 cm (32 1/8 x 24 in.)
S. 94.2 x 71.1 cm (37 1/8 x 27 7/8 in.)
Signed, dated and numbered 15/25 in pencil, published by the artist (with his blindstamp), framed.
Estimate
£35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
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London Auction 21 September 2023
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David Hockney
Hockney’s Alphabet
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David Hockney
Made in April, plate 11 from The Blue Guitar (S.A.C. 209, M.C.A.T. 188)
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David Hockney
China Diary (M.C.A.T. 254)
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David Hockney
XIV Olympic Winter Games, Sarajevo (B. 135)
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Olympische Spiele München (Olympic Games Munich) (B. 34)
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David Hockney
Parade, Metropolitan Opera, New York (B. 103)
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David Hockney
Woman with a Sewing Machine (S.A.C. 2, M.C.A.T. 2)
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David Hockney
Fish and Chip Shop (S.A.C. 3, M.C.A.T. 3)
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David Hockney
My Mother with Parrot (M.C.A.T. 148, S.A.C. 161)
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George Sand (S.A.C. 151)
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David Hockney
Gustave Flaubert (S.A.C. 152, M.C.A.T. 146)
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David Hockney
He Enquired after the Quality, plate 3 from Illustrations for 14 Poems by C.P. Cavafy (E. A. 460, S.A.C. 49, M.C.A.T. 49)
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David Hockney
The Shop Window of a Tobacco Store, plate 7 from Illustrations for 14 Poems by C.P. Cavafy (E.A. 464, S.A.C. 53, M.C.A.T. 53)
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David Hockney
Fundevogel, from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S.A.C. 75-80, M.C.A.T. 72-77)
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David Hockney
Rapunzel, from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S.A.C. 81-86, M.C.A.T. 78-83)
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David Hockney
Showing Maurice the Sugar Lift (S.A.C. 170, M.C.A.T. 155)
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David Hockney
French Shop (S.A.C. 122, M.C.A.T. 112)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
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David Hockney
Homage to Michelangelo, from Omaggio a Michelangelo (S.A.C. 173, M.C.A.T. 162)
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David Hockney
Tulips (S.A.C. 158, M.C.A.T. 142)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
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David Hockney
Pretty Tulips (S.A.C. 115)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
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David Hockney
7th March 2021, More Flowers on a Table
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
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David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition A
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
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David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition B
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
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David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition C
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David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition D
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
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David Hockney
My Window: No. 535, 28th June 2009
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
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David Hockney
My Window: No. 281, 23rd July 2010
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David Hockney
My Window: No. 610, 23rd December 2010
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David Hockney
My Window: No. 778, 17th April 2011
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
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David Hockney
Rain on the Studio Window
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
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David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 2 January
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
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David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) – 25 February
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
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David Hockney
Untitled No. 21, from The Yosemite Suite
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
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David Hockney
Lithographic Water Made of Lines, Crayon, and Two Blue Washes (T.G. 252, M.C.A.T. 209)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
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David Hockney
Lithographic Water Made of Lines and Crayon (T.G. 254, M.C.A.T. 211)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
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David Hockney
Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools (T.G. 269, M.C.A.T. 234)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
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37No Reserve
David Hockney
Composition Red & Blue
Estimate £500 - 700 •♠
Sold for £508
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David Hockney
Self-Portrait, July 1986 (M.C.A.T. 295)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
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David Hockney
Picture of a Portrait in a Silver Frame, from A Hollywood Collection (E.A. 453, S.A.C. 43, M.C.A.T. 43)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
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David Hockney
Self-Portrait in My Living Room, from David Hockney - 220 for 2020. Art Edition No. 101–200
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £24,130
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David Hockney
The Commissioner (T.G. 265, M.C.A.T. 220)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡♠
Sold for £2,413
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David Hockney
Yves-Marie (S.A.C. 159, M.C.A.T. 156)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,715
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David Hockney
Ann in the Studio (G. 1191, M.C.A.T. 258)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,032
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David Hockney
Celia (S.A.C. 109, M.C.A.T. 106)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,064
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David Hockney
Celia Adjusting Her Eyelash (G. 837)
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500 ♠
Sold for £3,048
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David Hockney
Celia in a Wicker Chair (M.C.A.T. 158)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
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David Hockney
Corbusier Chair and Rug (B. 23)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £6,985
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David Hockney
An Image of Gregory, from Moving Focus (T.G. 285, M.C.A.T. 276)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £82,550
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David Hockney
Hotel Acatlán: Second Day, from Moving Focus (T.G. 283, M.C.A.T. 270)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £107,950
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David Hockney
Pembroke Studio Interior, from Moving Focus (T.G. 277, M.C.A.T. 262)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,550
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David Hockney
Two Pembroke Studio Chairs, from Moving Focus (T.G. 276, M.C.A.T. 264)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
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David Hockney
Inside It Opens Up As Well
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
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David Hockney
Sparer Chairs
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
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David Hockney
Seven Trollies, Six and a Half Stools, Six Portraits, Eleven Paintings, and Two Curtains
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
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David Hockney
Above and Beyond, from Some More New Prints (G. 1625, M.C.A.T. 339)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
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David Hockney
Untitled for Joel Wachs (G. 1584)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
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David Hockney
David Hockney: Some Very New Paintings (B. 198)
Estimate £700 - 900 ♠
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David Hockney
Art Car David Hockney BMW 850 CSi, 1995
Estimate £500 - 700 •♠
Sold for £1,397
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