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Kitaj, R. B., 1932-2007

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1932 October 29 - 2007 October 21

Parallel Names

  • Kitaj, RB

Nationality

American

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

A New Seed / Cutts, Simon ; Fulton H ; Kitaj R ; Cutts S ; VanHorn E., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-18071-18441
Scope and Contents

This catalog also is an artist book because of a conceptual text by Cutts which is included. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Drancy / Atik, Anne ; Kitaj, R.B.., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-27078-27552
Scope and Contents

Deals with aspects of the Holocaust in France. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Letter to my dear john (sharkey)] (091164) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Sharkey W ; Williams J; Kitaj R., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-56602-10000006
Scope and Contents

Houedard mentions his time-consuming writing and speaking projects including his work on the bible (Jerusalem Bible). He writes that Jonathan Williams is going to do the concrete anthology and "Kitaj did silk screens for the mahler poems - marlborough publishing 60 copies at jon says 300 pounds each - HE gets a free copy." This "messy" letter is signed pierre formed with typed commas and semi-colons. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Pictures To Be Read/ Poetry To Be Seen / Arakawa ; Fahlstrom O ; Johnson R ; Kaprow A ; Kitaj R ; Knowles A ; Nutt J ; Simonetti GE ; Vostell W ; Cage J ; Baruchello GF., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-04844-4937
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was in the collection of Jan van der Marck, director of the MOCA and curator of the exhibition. He wrote in the introduction, "What characterizes the majority of works in this exhibition is their complex permutation of words and images. The resulting visual language tends towards poetic rather than communicative functions." Van der Marck also wrote the biographies of the artists. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for the limited edition box with contributions from the artists that was assembled for this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Pictures To Be Read/Poetry To Be Seen [box], 1967

 Item — Box 291: [Barcode: 31858072460706]
Identifier: CC-04845-4938
Scope and Contents

This duplicates the correspondence for the exhibition archive and includes letters and cards by Arakawa, George Brecht, Tenny Duchamp, Ovind Fahlstrom, Ray Johnson, Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, Ron Kitaj, Gianni Simonetti, and Wolf Vostell. There are drawings by Baruchello, Mary Bauermeister, George Brecht, and James Nutt, and a collage by Granni Simonetti that deals with plans for assembling the found objects to be placed in a plexiglas box by museum personnel. The box is also accompanied by the catalogue of the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Portraits of Pete Townsend and The Who / Peter Blake; T Phillips; R Hamilton; R Kitaj; J Tilson., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-30124-31522
Scope and Contents

The record jacket and poster designs consisted of portraits of The Who, a British musical rock group. Phillips did a portrait of the leader, Pete Townshend and other artists did portraits of Townshend and other menbers of the group. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Portraits of Pete Townsend and The Who / Peter Blake; T Phillips; R Hamilton; R Kitaj; J Tilson., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-30124-31522
Scope and Contents

The record jacket and poster designs consisted of portraits of The Who, a British musical rock group. Phillips did a portrait of the leader, Pete Townshend and other artists did portraits of Townshend and other menbers of the group. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981