Kunjalo impela umfanekiso womdwebi (ichibi elinamanani amabili), umsebenzi kaDavid Hockney waziswa, noma ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi, ngama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-80 endalini eChristie's eNew York. Indlu edumile yendali ibiyindawo efanelekile kulo mcimbi, noma ngabe kulokhu ngeke ibhujiswe njengomsebenzi kaBanksy.
I-Portrait of Artist ngumsebenzi kaHockney omele kahle umsebenzi nesitayela salo mculi osaphila futhi ophilayo omunye wabaculi besimanje abambalwa ukuqondana okukhulu.
Lo msebenzi kaHockney une lidlule irekhodi likaJeff Koons 'Ballon Dog ngo-2013, omunye umculi waseMelika naye ophula wonke amarekhodi. I-Portrait yoMdwebi yakwazi ukudlula leso sibalo sezigidi ezingama-58,4 ngenkathi ifinyelela kwizigidi ezingama-60 ngemizuzwana nje.
Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi sibhekene nenye yobuciko bukaDavid Hockney, ngoba ungathola kuyo imibono ethile yomculi bobabili ngokombono waseYurophu nowaseMelika ngawo-60; ngesikhathi iYurophu isalulama eMpini Yezwe II.
Kungumsebenzi uqobo lwawo onakho konke umuntu akufunayo kuDavid Hockney, yize ebonile okubonwayo, utholakala kuphela kwabambalwa kakhulu kule planethi. Umdwebi waseBrithani owaqala ukuthandwa eminyakeni yama-60 futhi manje osengomunye wabaculi besimanje ababaluleke kakhulu. Usaphila, futhi kunzima ukusho lokhu.
Akagcini ngokuhlala nje kuphela, kepha singakhuluma ngabanye abantu besikhathi sakhe imisebenzi yakhe ithola ihlombe emhlabeni wonke. Abanye nguJean-Michel Basquiat, uPeter Doig noRudolf Stingel. Sikhuluma ngabaculi abamisebenzi yabo ifinyelela kumanani we-stratospheric wezigidi zamadola.
Un ubuciko besikhathi samanje obusakazeke kahle futhi lokho namanje abazi ukuthi kuyaphi. Izigidi zikhokhelwa le misebenzi, kepha ngayo yonke into edijithali, umdwebo ubuyiselwa emuva ngemuva.