by Sophie Reyssat
David Hockney (b. 1937), The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) – 12 April, no. 2, 2011, drawing on iPad, digital print on paper, signed and dated, justified 13/25, 140 x 105 cm/55.12 x 41.34 in. Result: €125,708
As the "David Hockney, A Year in Normandy" exhibition at the musée de l'Orangerie in Paris closes, this springtime work is a perfect illustration of the artist's interest not only in landscapes, his main source of inspiration in recent years, but also in new technology. This print on paper reproduces a drawing made on an iPad. Hockney, a staunch defender of figurative art, is interested in technological innovations, which he has used in his work since the 1980s. Here, he found a new way of painting the world: from the motif, but with the pop colors of digital technology. As NFTs make headlines and change ideas about the very notion of art, collectors’ interest in this drawing on a tablet was obvious. It sparked a fierce bidding war, in which most of the competitors were from English-speaking countries. Sold by court order, the work fetched €125,708, triple its value at the time it was created slightly over 10 years ago. Click here to read more!