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‘B’ from ‘Hockney’s Alphabet’

David Hockney

Dovehouse Contemporary United Arab Emirates

Artwork details

Artist

David Hockney

Title

'B' from 'Hockney's Alphabet'

Description

'B' from 'Hockney's Alphabet' by David Hockney, 1991

In this lithograph, Hockney presents the letter B in contrasting forms: outlined and solid capitals, a white letter against black, and a looping lower-case character. The letters occupy an arrangement of folded planes, grids and dotted surfaces. Small areas of green and reddish brown punctuate the largely black-and-white image, making typography feel like a collection of objects within a playful drawn space.

These lithographs are taken from the special edition of Hockney's Alphabet, which is signed on the justification page by David Hockney and Stephen Spender. A copy of this justification page will accompany each purchase.

Lithograph on Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper.
Edition of 250
32 x 24 cm

All works are supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Dovehouse Contemporary.

For further information and additional images, view David Hockney, 'B' from 'Hockney's Alphabet' at Dovehouse Contemporary.

Date

1991

Medium

Lithograph

Edition

Edition of 250

Signature

Signed

Sheet

32 x 24 cm

Status

Available

Price

Price on request

The Artist

David Hockney

Born in Bradford England on the 9th July 1937 David Hockney was interested in art from a very early age, and was an admirer of Fragonard, Picasso and Matisse. The fifth of six children his parents encouraged his artistic experimentation. He went to the Bradford College of Art 1953-57. To fulfil his national service, he worked in hospitals as he was a conscientious objector to war. Then in 1959 he was accepted into the Royal College of Art, Graduate school in London.