David Hockney's The Splash sold for more than £23m

The painting depicts the moment after a diver hits the water in a swimming pool

The 1966 piece by the Bradford-born artist last sold at Sotheby’s in 2006 for £2.9m and returned to the same auction house on Tuesday evening as the star piece in its Contemporary Evening Art Auction.

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