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R. B. Kitaj
Dismantling the Red Tent1963-1964

Not on view
Narrative painting with flat black silhouetted figures and a white outlined figure grouped around a large crimson red triangle on an off-white ground, with a small landscape print inset in the upper left corner
Artist or Maker
R. B. Kitaj
United States, Ohio, Chagrin Falls, active England and United States, 1932-2007
Title
Dismantling the Red Tent
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1963-1964
Medium
Oil and collage on canvas
Dimensions
48 x 48 in. (121.92 x 121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Michael and Dorothy Blankfort Bequest
Accession Number
AC1999.35.28
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Tuchman, Maurice. R.B. Kitaj: Paintings and Prints. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965.
  • Eliel, Carol. John Altoon. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2014.
  • Kugelmann, Cilly, Eckhart Gillen, and Hubertus Gaßner, eds. Obsessions: R. B. Kitaj 1932-2007. Bielefeld: Kerber, 2012.
  • Geha, Katie. "Mobilization: Chris Kraus." Art Papers 40, no.2 (2016): 5-9.
Copyright
© R. B. Kitaj Estate