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David Hockney's greatest works from homoerotic paintings to iPad landscapes

publication · 2026-06-14

A gallery at The Guardian features 16 important artworks by David Hockney, spanning from 1961 to 2021. Among the highlighted pieces are 'We Two Boys Together Clinging' (1961), 'Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool' (1966), and 'Beverly Hills Housewife' (1966-67), which fetched $7.9 million. Other notable works include 'A Bigger Splash' (1967), 'Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy' (1968), 'Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy' (1970-71), and 'Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures)' (1972), which sold for $90.3 million in 2018. The collection also features 'Kerby (After Hogarth) Useful Knowledge' (1975), 'Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio' (1980), 'Pearblossom Hwy' (1986), 'Bigger Trees near Warter' (2007), 'Winter Timber' (2009), 'May Blossom on the Roman Road' (2009), 'The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire' (2011), and 'A Year in Normandie' (2020-2021).

Key facts

  • We Two Boys Together Clinging (1961) was inspired by a newspaper story about a mountaineering accident and Walt Whitman's poem.
  • Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool (1966) shows Peter Schlesinger, copied from a Polaroid.
  • Beverly Hills Housewife (1966-67) sold for $7.9m, then a record for Hockney.
  • Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures) (1972) sold for $90.3m in 2018.
  • Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy (1968) was painted when homosexuality was illegal in California.
  • Kerby (After Hogarth) Useful Knowledge (1975) parodies William Hogarth's Satire on False Perspective.
  • Pearblossom Hwy (1986) is a photographic collage of the Mojave Desert.
  • A Year in Normandie (2020-2021) is 70m long and on show at the Serpentine in London.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • The Guardian
  • Serpentine
  • Tate
  • J Paul Getty Museum

Locations

  • California
  • Hollywood
  • Los Angeles
  • Santa Monica
  • Notting Hill Gate
  • London
  • Yorkshire
  • Warter
  • Bridlington
  • Kilham
  • East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Mojave Desert
  • Normandy
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

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