The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire, 15 March 2011 by David Hockney features a central tree stump rendered in vivid magenta tones, with lighter pink highlights defining the bark texture. The foreground is built from layered greens, where grass and low growth cluster around the base, while bands of red, brown, and orange foliage add depth behind it. Slender tree trunks and a pale pink sky complete the composition, marking this work as an early seasonal view within Hockney’s Arrival of Spring in Woldgate iPad drawing series.
The Arrival of Spring, 15 March, 2011 was among seventeen works from the Arrival of Spring series offered at Sotheby’s in October 2025. Auction results exceeded high estimates across the group, with multiple lots setting new series benchmarks and establishing stronger market confidence for Hockney’s digital landscape editions. Full details and results from the Sotheby’s sale are covered in our dedicated auction analysis.
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