Lot 32 · 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale
Study for Olympic Poster
David Hockney · coloured pencil and graphite on two adjoined sheets of paper
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- Estimate
- £500,000–£700,000 hammer ≈ $668,085–$935,319
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale , London · 5 March 2026
- Dimensions
- 33 5⁄8 x 24 ¾in. (85.4 x 63cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3096153
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3096153 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3096153
David Hockney, Study for Olympic Poster. Christie's, 5 Mar 2026, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3096153.
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David Hockney, Study for Olympic Poster. Christie's, 5 Mar 2026, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3096153.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Hockney | The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (t | $853,069 | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | |
| David Hockney | The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (t | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| David Hockney | david hockney | two red pots | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| David Hockney | The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (t | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| David Hockney | The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (t | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| David Hockney | peter langan, michael caine and richard shepherd, langan's b | Sotheby's, Jun 2018 | ||
| David Hockney | Bridlington Violets | Phillips, Mar 2018 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.