Something to Hang by the Pool
But which pool? You do have more than one, don’t you? Or at least a pool and a pond?
Hockney Bucks - Forbes.com
Artists recently making waves in the auction world bookend the 20th century Expressionist movement. At the end of the spectrum, heralding a return to more representational art, is David Hockney (British, b. 1937). His 1966 ” The Splash,” a stylized abstraction of a pool against a modern house, made its own splash with a record price for the artist. Just shy of its high estimate, the classic California image brought $5.4 million at Sotheby’s London Contemporary Art Evening sale on June 21.
