S, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Under $5000 I didn't know much about

I didn't know much about him then

It showcased David Hockney's distinctive artistic style applied to the alphabet and raised funds for the AIDS Crisis Trust

The lithograph beautifully captures the artists' ambitious plan for this unrealized installation

David Hockney's letter X comes from Hockney's Alphabet

and a red biro sun throws out its rays — landscape

S, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Under $5000 I didn't know much aboutDavid Hockney's letter S comes from Hockney's Alphabet, the 1991 portfolio in which the artist reimagined all twenty six letters as full page colour lithographs. A great S, drawn only as a dotted outline, winds down the sheet through a dense sea of red and yellow scallop marks that read as waves, the letter surfacing from the pattern like a current cutting through water. Hockney's Alphabet was conceived by the poet Sir Stephen Spender and published in