London art sale realises over £44 million

It wasn't the biggest seller of the night but David Hockney's Hotel L'Arbois, Sainte-Maxime of 1968, which was estimated to reach £1-1.5 million, sold for £1,329,250 at Sotheby's February 2011 Contemporary Art Evening. The painting was acquired by the previous owner at Sotheby’s New York back in 2005 for $968,000. 
Hotel L'Arbois, Sainte-Maxime of 1968