{"product_id":"r-b-kitaj-pictures-with-commentary-pictures-without-commentary","title":"R.B.Kitaj: Pictures with Commentary, Pictures without Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e: R.B.Kitaj \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: R.B.Kitaj and A.R.Orage \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Marlborough Fine Art \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1963 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Printed card covers, a little fading as seems usual for this volume and some light handling marks, otherwise a tidy, little used copy of this early Kitaj catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe catalogue of Kitaj's first solo exhibition\u003c\/strong\u003e presents an art that is quite unlike anything else around at the time. The canvases included several images, including collage elements, and drew on a wide variety of source material, and they are still, at the space of over six decades, still complicated and sometimes confusing to confront. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSharing some of the interests current in the work of RCA contemporaries like David Hockney, Kitaj's paintings nevertheless have a very strong narrative element that is often quite obscure, incorporating sources such as mass media, pre-existing imagery, handwriting and literary material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WSF","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52791525507409,"sku":"4026","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/6039\/6625\/files\/4026.jpg?v=1768046932","url":"https:\/\/monograph.art\/products\/r-b-kitaj-pictures-with-commentary-pictures-without-commentary","provider":"Monograph","version":"1.0","type":"link"}