C, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Retna Mazo in an edition of

Mazo in an edition of 75

33⅝ h × 27⅞ w in (85 × 71 cm)

This juxtaposition creates a sense of both comfort and alienation

featuring the Sweet Chestnut rendered through his characteristic expressive drips

wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs

C, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Retna Mazo in an edition ofDavid Hockney's letter C comes from Hockney's Alphabet, the 1991 portfolio in which the artist reimagined all twenty six letters as full page colour lithographs. A single luminous lime green C, modelled in dense ballpoint hatching so it reads almost like a length of rope or peel, curls upright in a bare room whose floor is laid with a red grid Hockney turning the open curve of the letter into a three dimensional object that casts its own shadow.