Kitaj, R. B, R.B. Kitaj , [2017]
- Title(s):
R.B. Kitaj : confessions of an old Jewish painter : autobiography / R.B. Kitaj ; preface by David Hockney ; edited and with an epilogue by Eckhart J. Gillen.
- Additional Title(s):
Confessions of an old Jewish painter
- Edition:
- Original first edition.
- Published/Created:
- Munich : Schirmer/Mosel Publishing, [2017]
New York : Prestel Publishing
©2017 - Physical Description:
- 398 pages : 212 illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNJ18.K55 A12 2017 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13587234
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- 212 illustrations, including 33 photographs by Lee Friedlander.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-395).
After many years of rumours, R.B. Kitaj's Confessions of an Old Jewish Painter is finally available in its first publication ever. A jewel among artist's autobiographies, it relates his passionate life as a seafarer and book trader, his splendid rise and bitter fall in the British art scene, and his faible for harlots. - Subject Terms:
- 20.30 history of art: general.Artists -- United States -- Biography.Artists.Jewish artists -- United States -- Biography.Jewish artists.Jewish painters -- United States -- Biography.Jewish painters.Kitaj, R. B.Kitaj, R. B.Painters -- United States -- Biography.Painters.United States.
- Form/Genre:
- Biography.
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