David Hockney Work Sells for $2.57m to Deliver a 10% Annualized Return

David Hockney Work Sells for $2.57m to Deliver a 10% Annualized Return

3 min read  ·  04 Mar 2026

English Garden. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

English Garden. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

David Hockney, English Garden (1965), sold for $2.57m (GBP1.92m), less than the low estimate at Sotheby's in London on March 4.

The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $2.44m, equivalent to an annualized return of 10%. It last sold at auction in 1997 for $133,300 at Sotheby's.

Acrylic on canvas, 122.0 x 122.0cm.

Sale Date
Price
Price Increase
Venue
City
March 04, 2026
$2.57m
1831 %
Sotheby's
London
June 26, 1997
$133,300
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Sotheby's
London

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