The
Yosemite Suite
Comprising digital landscapes, sketched en plein air with an iPad, David Hockney's 2010 The Yosemite Suite presents the Californian National Park in over 20 sublime prints. Riotously sunny, and dominated by the greens of native woodland, the series recalls Hockney's paintings from the '90s, but are significant as groundbreaking contributions to making digital methods accepted in the art world.
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The Yosemite Suite Value (5 Years)
With 35 auction appearances since 2016, David Hockney's The Yosemite Suite series is one of the most actively traded in the market. Prices have varied significantly – from £12,000 to £261,585 – reflecting a range tied to work characteristics and a premium placed on rare-to-market examples. Peak hammer prices have reached £261,585 for top-performing works. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £83,566, with an average annual growth rate of 20.45% across the series. Factors that enhance value include condition, rarity, edition size and private market activity; signed examples typically command a premium. Auction data show variation driven by format and timing. The market view is growth with notable upside potential.
The Yosemite Suite Market value
Auction Results
| Artwork | Auction Date | Auction House | Return to Seller | Hammer Price | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Yosemite Suite 1 David Hockney Signed Print | 16 Apr 2025 | Christie's New York | 68,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 |
 The Yosemite Suite 15 David Hockney Signed Print | 26 Oct 2024 | SBI Art Auction | 34,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 |
 The Yosemite Suite 17 David Hockney Signed Print | 26 Mar 2024 | Christie's London | 29,750 | 35,000 | 45,000 |
 The Yosemite Suite 21 David Hockney Signed Print | 21 Sept 2023 | Phillips London | 34,000 | 40,000 | 60,000 |
 Yosemite II, October 16th 2011 David Hockney Signed Print | 10 Mar 2023 | Sotheby's New York | 195,500 | 230,000 | 310,000 |
 The Yosemite Suite 19 David Hockney Signed Print | 9 Mar 2023 | Sotheby's New York | 42,500 | 50,000 | 70,000 |
 The Yosemite Suite 16 David Hockney Signed Print | 27 Apr 2022 | K Auctions | 34,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 |
 The Yosemite Suite 14 David Hockney Signed Print | 9 Mar 2022 | Christie's New York | 42,500 | 50,000 | 70,000 |
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Meaning & Analysis
Comprised of groundbreaking ipad landscape works, The Yosemite Suite series show Hockney once again revolutionising printing methods. Having already experimented with lithography, etching and screen printing, he now turned to the digital to achieve his characteristically striking compositions in bold colours.
That same year Hockney took his iPad to Yosemite National Park in California and proceeded to ‘paint’ 24 views of this majestic valley using the Brushes app. The ease of using a digital medium allowed him to work en plein air just like artists such as Monet and Turner whom he admired. Before he would have had to use watercolour or pen and ink to make preparatory sketches before transferring the work to an etching plate or lithographic stone but with the iPad he could work directly onto the screen, picking and choosing from hundreds of shades of colour and thicknesses of brush without ever getting his hands dirty. And here colour abounds. The works recall his paintings and prints from the ’90s with their bold clashing tones – at their most extreme the prints depict bright pink roads, as in Untitled No.4, electric blue shadows and acid green trees. Elsewhere the colours are toned down and the contrasts subtly blended, as with Untitled No.20 and Untitled No.15.
Despite the flatness of the digital medium, Hockney manages to incorporate depth and texture into the natural landscape he is depicting, with sponge-like brush effects in Untitled No.10 and Untitled No.11 which sees him painting trees in a naturalistic style. Elsewhere the digital nature of these prints is enhanced with crude rounded lines that deliberately recall digital drawing tools, as in Untitled No.16 and Untitled No.24.
