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The painting, created in 1967, is acrylic on canvas and features several sprinklers spraying a green lawn, with a gray building and fence in the background.
Lear was “the most important television producer in history”, Christie’s said.
He died at his home in Los Angeles in December at the age of 101.
Hockney, 86, is one of the world’s most popular living artists.
Born in Bradford, England, Hockney traveled to California in 1964 and subsequently spent many years there, painting some of his most famous works.
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