The story of one of the 20th century’s most widely recognised and loved works, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), which realised $90.3 million in November 2018 to become one of the most expensive works of art by a living artist ever sold at auction.

David Hockney (English, B 1937)
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 120 in. (213.5 x 305 cm.)
Painted in 1972

Price Realised USD 90,312,500 at Christie's New York, 15 November 2018