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Ronald Brooks Kitaj RA (1932-2007)

Photoscreenprint on acetate sheet with silver enamel sprayed on verso attached to handmade paper from 1972 from the portfolio A Day Book by Robert Creeley (Tate). Signed in pen with initials top right, numbered 71 from the edition of 200.

“Prints by RB Kitaj from ‘A Day Book’ with text by Robert Creeley combine the artist’s graphic oeuvre with his love of literature. Kitaj’s prints from the 60’s and 70’s demonstrate an experimental use of printmaking methods and surfaces. An influential graphic work with eight screenprints, four etchings and a lithograph printed on various papers, canvas and acetate. 

A controversial figure – political, intellectual and much admired by his peers Hockney, Freud and Auerbach. His work recently enjoyed a resurgence of interest with exhibitions at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, The Jewish Museum London, Marlborough Fine Art and The British Museum”. Source The Rabley Drawing Centre

Collections: the TATE

A Day Book arrived at a pivotal and traumatic moment in Kitaj’s life. The last major screenprint series of Kitaj’s career, before his return to figure drawing, it reveals an artist in creative crisis, propelled by events around him, and forced to confront the very nature of his obscure art (source: Goldmark Art)

Measurements: 62 x 42 cm sheet sizeE

Condition: Excellent, Unframed.

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