Hockney landscape leads Phillips' 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening sale

BGUK_2024291 - 'Nichols Canyon', Hockney's First Mature landscape is expected to sell for $35 million in New York on 7 December. The painting is the most important landscape by the artist owned privately. It marks the beginning of his decades-long panoramic landscapes series. It was one of only two monumental works Hockney executed following his return to painting from a brief hiatus spent exploring photography in the 1970s: the other 'Mulholland Drive: The road to the Studio', is held in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 'Nichols Canyon' will be on private view at Phillips in London from 29 October - 1 November, Hong Kong from 6-9 November, followed by a viewing in New York ahead of the sale.