P, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Under $5000 Twombly’s contribution

Twombly’s contribution

Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc

Allied Chemical Tower

featuring the word "Assassin" rendered in his distinctive stenciled typography

with each print personally signed in pencil and numbered by the artist

P, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Under $5000 Twombly’s contributionDavid Hockney's letter P comes from Hockney's Alphabet, the 1991 portfolio in which the artist reimagined all twenty six letters as full page colour lithographs. A rounded blue P, brushed with a frank loaded stroke, sits on a green bordered card that tilts forward in space, a wedge of dense black hatching throwing the sheet into shallow relief. Hockney's Alphabet was conceived by the poet Sir Stephen Spender and published in 1991 to raise funds for