Name: The Yosemite Suite 21
Brand: David Hockney
Rating: 4.9 (216 reviews)

The Yosemite Suite 21
Signed Print

David Hockney

£50,000-£80,000Value
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26% AAGR

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The value of David Hockney’s The Yosemite Suite 21 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £50,000 and £80,000. This digital print, created in 2010, has shown strong value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 25%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 25. This piece has an established auction history, having been sold 2 times at auction since its entry to the market in April 2021. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £44,250, demonstrating its consistent value. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £39,110 in April 2021 to £45,000 in September 2023. The average return to the seller during this time was £35,747.

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Artwork

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Buyer Paid

September 2023

Phillips London - United Kingdom

The Yosemite Suite 21 - Signed Print

April 2021

Phillips New York - United States

The Yosemite Suite 21 - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

Planes of green converge to form hills covered in scribbled vegetation. A body of water sits at the bottom of the composition, which is framed by the recognisable silhouettes of fir trees. We are looking down at a great valley, one of Hockney’s favourite perspectives which he depicted in landscapes as varied as those based on the Rhein valley in Germany for his Illustrations For Six Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm as well as his later paintings of the Yorkshire Wolds. The work is unapologetically digital, its lines seeming rushed and gestural, reflecting the quick and spontaneous nature of the iPad drawing tools which Hockney used to produce it. Gone is the elaborate preparation of the etching plate or the exposure of a screen, which he previously would have required assistance with. Now Hockney, an artist who has always sought agency in his printmaking process – an approach which resulted in him subverting the traditional use of an office photocopier – was able to paint and draw en plein air and to turn his artworks into prints at the click of a button. Dating to 2010, the same year Apple released the first iPad, The Yosemite Suite, of which The Yosemite Suite 21 is part, marks Hockney’s first – but not last – foray into digital prints of this kind.