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Problems in Kitaj, mostly iconographic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

R. B. Kitaj  and
Krzysztof Z. Cieskowski
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Abstract

Books have featured as subject matter in R. B. Kitaj’s art and are a constant inspiration to Kitaj the artist. Inevitably, his work has sometimes been described as ‘bookish’, and has attracted written commentaries. In recent years Kitaj has started writing about some of his pictures in a series of ‘Prefaces’, some of which are to be published as a book; the ‘Prefaces’ are, however, explorations rather than explanations.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 14 , Special Issue 2: Art archives: special issue , 1989 , pp. 37 - 39
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1989

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