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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

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