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R. B. Kitaj
Wanting to Spit1972

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Screenprint with a dark, nearly black head floating above a cracked turquoise field, over a black rectangle with white hand-lettered text reading 'WANTING TO SPIT ON THE UN[obscured] SICK / AS TO CONVERT THEM'

R. B. Kitaj, Wanting to Spit, 1972, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Barry Leon, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
R. B. Kitaj
Title
Wanting to Spit
Place Made
England and United States
Date Made
1972
Medium
Screenprint
Dimensions
Sheet: 31 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (79.38 × 56.52 cm) Image: 25 × 16 1/2 in. (63.5 × 41.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barry Leon
Accession Number
M.77.156.2.7
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© R. B. Kitaj Estate