One of British artist David Hockney's most famous works, The Splash, has been sold for £2.6m at Sotheby's in London.
The painting, dating from 1966, had been in a private collection in California for the past 20 years.
The piece, in Hockney's minimalist style, depicts the moment someone hits the water, diving into a swimming pool.
Paintings by two other British artists - Peter Doig and Bridget Riley - also fetched more than £1m each in an auction which raised just over £30m.
4 comments:
er.....ah.....uh....nice picture...but not $2.6 million ....
That would be $5.25m , but anyhow it's not worth anywhere near that in a bazillion years !
My lil boy painted me something similar this year in kindergarten. That baby is going on ebay this afternoon. The painting - not him. :)
From the looks of it David Hockney painted this one when he was at kindergarten too !
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