Modern Painters USA - The Jewish Museum London

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March 2013
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THE CONTRARIAN
R.B. KITAJ RETURNS
TO HIS ADOPTED HOME
BY MARCO LIVINGSTONE
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E S TAT E O F R . B . K I TA J
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Pacific Coast
Highway (Across
the Pacific),
1973. Oil on
canvas. Diptych,
5 x 8 ft. and 5 x 5 ft.
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RONALD BROOKS KITAJ,
WHOSE SUICIDE DAYS
SHORT OF HIS 75TH
BIRTHDAY IN OCTOBER
2007 PUT THE SEAL ON
FROM TOP:
If Not, Not, 1975–
76. Oil and black
chalk on canvas,
60 x 60 in.
R.B. Kitaj,
photographed by
Lee Friedlander
in London, 1993.
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A S T R U P F E A R N L E Y M U S E U M O F M O D E R N A R T, O S LO, A N D E S TAT E O F R . B . K I TA J . O P P O S I T E , F R O M TO P : S C OT T I S H N AT I O N A L GA L L E R Y O F M O D E R N A R T; L E E F R I E D L A N D E R A N D F R A E N K E L GA L L E R Y, S A N F R A N C I S C O
The Neo-Cubist,
1976–87. Oil on
canvas, 70 x 52 in.
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Junta, 1962.
Oil and
collage on
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KITAJ HAD A DECISIVE IMPACT
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