David Hockney

British · 1937–2026 · Painter, Printmaker

David Hockney was a British painter, stage designer and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most… (Wikipedia)

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1,683lots offered2002–2026years recorded94%sold (1,567)$9kSign up free to seemedian price

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Nichols CanyonPhillips · Dec 2020$41,067,500≈ £30,887,109≈ €33,861,725Sign up to see
A Neat LawnPhillips · Jun 2021$11,000,000≈ £7,863,883≈ €9,204,251Sign up to see
The GatePhillips · Nov 2016$6,970,000≈ £5,608,304≈ €6,512,801Sign up to see

David Hockney’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price

$84.3kSign up free to see

median $9kfree account

High

$41MSign up free to see

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Lots sold

1,567

of 1,665 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

94%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 577 of 1,567 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

29 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

18 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	20	18	90%	$4.9MSign up	$2.1MSign up	$41MSign up
Oil	15	14	93%	$2.3MSign up	$1.8MSign up	$7MSign up
Acrylic	5	4	80%	$14MSign up	$7.3MSign up	$41MSign up
Works on paper	86	78	91%	$113kSign up	$31.3kSign up	$1.4MSign up
Watercolor	6	6	100%	$265kSign up	$44.3kSign up	$1.4MSign up
Gouache	6	5	83%	$516kSign up	$252kSign up	$1MSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$18.3kSign up	$18.3kSign up	$18.3kSign up
Drawing	50	44	88%	$47.6kSign up	$29.2kSign up	$603kSign up
Prints & multiples	1381	1309	95%	$24kSign up	$7.5kSign up	$674kSign up
Etching	411	384	93%	$11.9kSign up	$5.2kSign up	$422kSign up
Aquatint	24	24	100%	$12.4kSign up	$11kSign up	$50kSign up
Drypoint	1	1	100%	$7.8kSign up	$7.8kSign up	$7.8kSign up
Lithograph	645	621	96%	$21.8kSign up	$7.7kSign up	$355kSign up
Screenprint	25	24	96%	$7.6kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$45.8kSign up
Print (other)	274	254	93%	$50.1kSign up	$25.9kSign up	$674kSign up
Multiple	1	1	100%	$40.6kSign up	$40.6kSign up	$40.6kSign up
Photography	120	111	93%	$30.6kSign up	$15.1kSign up	$435kSign up
Photograph	120	111	93%	$30.6kSign up	$15.1kSign up	$435kSign up
Other	58	51	88%	$9.5kSign up	$4.4kSign up	$70.3kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	167	161	$7.9kSign up
2025	185	174	$9.6kSign up
2024	150	139	$7.6kSign up
2023	228	214	$7.1kSign up
2022	196	184	$13.9kSign up
2021	127	124	$12.3kSign up
2020	63	61	$13.1kSign up
2019	84	82	$10kSign up
2018	65	62	$10.7kSign up
2017	86	79	$9.8kSign up
2016	65	59	$7.5kSign up
2015	34	31	$6.3kSign up
2014	26	21	$13.1kSign up
2013	44	40	$5.5kSign up
2012	24	22	$4.9kSign up
2011	24	23	$9.4kSign up
2010	11	10	$6.1kSign up
2009	15	15	$3.6kSign up
2008	13	12	$4.5kSign up
2007	22	22	$4.1kSign up
2006	6	3	$23.9kSign up
2005	13	12	$3.7kSign up
2004	12	12	$1.7kSign up
2003	2	2	$2.1kSign up
2002	3	3	$2.3kSign up