U, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Cy Twombly It showcased David Hockney's distinctive

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

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U, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Cy Twombly It showcased David Hockney's distinctiveDavid Hockney's letter U comes from Hockney's Alphabet, the 1991 portfolio in which the artist reimagined all twenty six letters as full page colour lithographs. On a yellow legal pad Hockney runs rows of U's, beginning as light looping practice strokes and descending into a bottom row of fat, three dimensional shaded U's that lift off the page like a ribbon casting shadows. Hockney's Alphabet was conceived by the poet Sir Stephen Spender and