Mrs Gutierrez describes what the doctor told her - R B KITAJ from A DAYBOOK By ROBERT CREELEY

Silkscreen on ‘housewife pink” canvas from 1972 from the portfolio A Day Book by Robert Creeley (recognised as one the most influentual US authors and poets of the 20th century).

This is plate 2, Mrs Gutierrez describes what the doctor told her.  Signed in pencil, numbered 71 from the edition of 200.

“Prints by RB Kitaj from ‘A Day Book’ with text by Robert Creeley combine the artist’s graphic oeuvre with his love of literature. Kitaj’s prints from the 60’s and 70’s demonstrate an experimental use of printmaking methods and surfaces. An influential graphic work with eight screenprints, four etchings and a lithograph printed on various papers, canvas and acetate. 

A controversial figure – political, intellectual and much admired by his peers Hockney, Freud and Auerbach. His work recently enjoyed a resurgence of interest with exhibitions at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, The Jewish Museum London, Marlborough Fine Art and The British Museum”. Source The Rabley Drawing Centre

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A Day Book arrived at a pivotal and traumatic moment in Kitaj’s life. The last major screenprint series of Kitaj’s career, before his return to figure drawing, it reveals an artist in creative crisis, propelled by events around him, and forced to confront the very nature of his obscure art (source: Goldmark Art)

Measurements: 62 x 42 cm sheet size

Condition: Super, never framed.

 Will be gently rolled for shipping, can be combined with other suitable works for £1 additional postage (£3 overseas).

Born in Cleveland, USA, Kitaj’s work has been the subject of both admiration and controversy. Much respected by the likes of Hockney, Freud and Auerbach, in 1984 he became the first American since Sargent to be elected to the Royal Academy.

Kitaj studied in New York in 1950-1952 before moving to the UK where he attended the Ruskin School, Oxford in 1958-9, and the Royal College of Art from 1959 to 1961 where he befriended David Hockney. His first solo exhibition was held in London in 1963 and he spent some 40 years of his life in the UK. Kitaj had a significant influence on British Pop Art.  His work often alludes to politics, art, literature and his Jewish identity.