Seoul Auction will offer David Hockney's 2009 computer drawing edition "The Atelier, March 17th 2009" (edition 27/30) at its 193rd art auction on June 23rd at its headquarters in Sinsa-dong, with an estimated price of 30 million to 80 million won. The work combines inkjet printing and photo collage, featuring Hockney's handwritten signature. Also featured is Cheon Kyung-ja's 1964 masterpiece "Market," estimated at 800 million to 1.5 billion won, along with 127 total works including pieces by Nam June Paik, Andy Warhol, and KAWS, with a combined low estimate of 11 billion won.
This auction matters because it marks the first domestic sale of a Hockney edition following the artist's death on June 11, 2026 in London, potentially driving fierce bidding from overseas collectors who have historically shown strong interest. The inclusion of Cheon Kyung-ja's historically significant work underscores growing attention to Korean female modernists, while the broad range of modern, contemporary, and classical works reflects the resilience and diversity of the Asian art market even amid global uncertainty.