R, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Under $100000 A tall L built from

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

"Hockney's Alphabet" served a dual purpose

Stein Eriksen

"Hockney's Alphabet" (1991) is not a single artwork but a collaborative published book featuring 26 contributions

Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach

R, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Under $100000 A tall L built fromDavid 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