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David Hockney painting 'could fetch £2m' at auction David Hockney painting auctioned for more than £3m
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A painting of the East Yorkshire landscape by David Hockney is set to fetch up to £2m at auction. A painting of the East Yorkshire landscape by David Hockney has sold at auction for more than £3m.
The Bradford-born artist's Arranged Felled Trees will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in London later. The Bradford-born artist's Arranged Felled Trees, painted in 2008, depicts freshly cut branches in the Yorkshire Wolds.
The piece, painted in 2008, depicts freshly cut branches in the Yorkshire Wolds. It went under the hammer at Sotheby's in London and sold for £3,397,000 - more than its estimated price of £2m.
It is a "rare example" from Hockney's legendary Yorkshire paintings series and bids are expected to start at £1.5m, the auction house said. The auction house said it was a "rare example" from Hockney's legendary series of Yorkshire paintings.
The oil on canvas was featured as a highlight in an exhibition of landscapes by the artist at the Royal Academy in 2012, and attracted an average of 7,500 visitors a day.The oil on canvas was featured as a highlight in an exhibition of landscapes by the artist at the Royal Academy in 2012, and attracted an average of 7,500 visitors a day.
A spokesperson for Sotheby's said: "Arranged Felled Trees is an extraordinary, joyful example of David Hockney's legendary depictions of the bucolic landscape of East Yorkshire.A spokesperson for Sotheby's said: "Arranged Felled Trees is an extraordinary, joyful example of David Hockney's legendary depictions of the bucolic landscape of East Yorkshire.
"[It is] a triumphant eulogy to an area the artist became enamoured with as a young teenager.""[It is] a triumphant eulogy to an area the artist became enamoured with as a young teenager."
Hockney spent the summers of 1952 and 1953 in the Yorkshire Wolds and previously said it "instilled in me a love of the landscape which I never forgot".Hockney spent the summers of 1952 and 1953 in the Yorkshire Wolds and previously said it "instilled in me a love of the landscape which I never forgot".
As well as visiting the area since, he also has a home in Bridlington.As well as visiting the area since, he also has a home in Bridlington.