Q, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Cy Twombly The sheet measures 29 1/8

The sheet measures 29 1/8 x 33 1/2 inches (74 x 85

and transformational processes

draws upon Twombly’s lifelong engagement with classical antiquity and the layered processes of writing

Whitney Museum of American Art

I was looking at some Picasso prints and liked how the lithographic pencil came across a lot like Picasso’s line

Q, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 Cy Twombly The sheet measures 29 1/8David Hockney's letter Q comes from Hockney's Alphabet, the 1991 portfolio in which the artist reimagined all twenty six letters as full page colour lithographs. Across a pale yellow legal pad Hockney scatters a handful of Q's looping cursive capitals, a printed Q, a quick descending tail sparse and offhand, the letter caught mid practice as if doodled in a margin. Hockney's Alphabet was conceived by the poet Sir Stephen Spender and published in 1991