R, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Under $100000 "Hockney's Alphabet" served a dual

"Hockney's Alphabet" served a dual purpose

Stein Eriksen

merging scientific terminology with fantastical concepts that suggest a pre-birth existence—a recurring theme in Surrealist exploration of the subconscious

A tall L built from parallel grass-green stripes stands firmly on a scribbled ground

R, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Under $100000 "Hockney's Alphabet" served a dualDavid Hockney's letter R comes from Hockney's Alphabet, the 1991 portfolio in which the artist reimagined all twenty six letters as full page colour lithographs. Three R's share the page: a soft graphite cursive R repeated like an echo, a red R lettered on a curling card, and a fine flourished R underscored in red Hockney rehearsing the letter in three different hands. Hockney's Alphabet was conceived by the poet Sir Stephen Spender and published in