{"product_id":"david-hockney-r-from-hockneys-alphabet","title":"R, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Hockney's letter R comes from \u003cem\u003eHockney's Alphabet\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHockney's Alphabet\u003c\/em\u003e was conceived by the poet Sir Stephen Spender and published in 1991 to raise funds for the AIDS Crisis Trust. Hockney drew each of the twenty-six letters, and Spender invited a celebrated writer to respond to one apiece — among them Susan Sontag, Seamus Heaney, Iris Murdoch, Joyce Carol Oates, Martin Amis and Ian McEwan — pairing image and text in a singular dialogue between art and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the individual R plate: a colour lithograph on Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper, with full margins, measuring 12 3\/5 × 9 2\/5 in (32 × 24 cm), from the edition of 250, signed on the justification page by the artist and editor (a copy accompanies the work). Offered unframed; framing is available for an additional $295.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Hockney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45282045788367,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/3438\/7407\/files\/hockney-alphabet-r_201c0830-778b-4e15-a6f6-99f5a7970a2b.jpg?v=1782256606","url":"https:\/\/mimesisprojects.com\/products\/david-hockney-r-from-hockneys-alphabet","provider":"Mimesis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}