THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING IN WOLDGATE, 23 FEBRUARY, 2011: SIGNED PRINT BY DAVID HOCKNEY

  • The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, 23rd February, 2011 by David Hockney

    The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, 23rd February, 2011

    iPad drawing printed on paper
    55in x 41.5 In, Edition of 25
    ©David Hockney
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    The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire, 23 February 2011 is an iPad drawing by David Hockney, created during the early stages of his Arrival of Spring in Woldgate series. The scene captures a moment when winter has not yet fully disappeared, with a narrow country road receding across open fields and bordered by bare, rust-coloured trees. Green hedgerows line one side of the composition, while a solitary utility pole in the foreground introduces a vertical counterpoint, its perched birds silhouetted against a pale sky that suggests the season’s gradual shift and the return of nature.

     

    The broader Arrival of Spring in Woldgate series has attracted growing attention from collectors in recent years. If you would like to read more about our analysis of its market performance, you can read our 2025 Market Analysis. Those interested in Hockney’s digital output often consider this series alongside related bodies of work such as The Yosemite Suite, My Normandy, and 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures, which together chart his sustained engagement with digital drawing.

     

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  • "Certain hours are best to see the volume in trees. The sun has to be very, very low to light the trunks"

     

    - David Hockney

    David Hockney has a long history of working with new technologies, beginning with photographic and digital experiments in the late twentieth century. Rather than imitating traditional techniques, he used these tools to rethink how light, colour, and form could be constructed with greater immediacy. Collectors drawn to this aspect of Hockney’s work often also explore artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Andy Warhol.