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Throughout his career, Hockney has been driven by an insatiable curiosity about visual perception, leading to groundbreaking experiments with Polaroid photocollages in the 1980s, fax machine drawings in the 1990s, iPad drawings in the 2000s, and multi-camera video installations in recent years. Now working primarily between London, Yorkshire, and Normandy, Hockney continues to produce work with remarkable vitality well into his eighties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Warhol portrait of David Hockney. Courtesy of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.\/Artimage.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"david-hockney-hockney-s-alphabet-1991","title":"Hockney’s Alphabet, 1991 by David Hockney","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe complete set of 26 lithographs in colors. Printed on Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper, with full margins, with full text and title page, the sheets bound (as issued) in quarter vellum with handmade Fabriano Roma paper boards. Housed in the original grey slipcase. 13 1\/2 x 10 x 1 1\/8 in. Published book with 26 lithograph illustrations and accompanying texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hockney's Alphabet\" (1991) is not a single artwork but a collaborative published book featuring 26 contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated in 1991, \"Hockney's Alphabet\" served a dual purpose. 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