Kitaj Prints
Subtitle: A Catalogue Raisonne
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: Dec 31, 2013
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780714126852
Description: American-born artist R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) was one of the most controversial artists of the second half of the twentieth century. His distinctive, highly personal and often challenging works drew on many influences ranging from literature to politics and film. The British museum holds a near complete set of the artist's proofs, the best representation of the artist's graphic works in the UK. Kitaj worked in England for almost forty years. It was in London that he had developed his early style and influenced many of his friends, including David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach. This led Kitaj to coin the term 'school of London', later associated with this group of purely figurative artists.
Notes: Source title: Kitaj Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne (British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings)