First series: Some poets
1966-1969
Medium
portfolio of 10 colour screenprints
Measurements
(1) 59.7 × 41.9 cm irreg. (image) 64.9 × 45.8 cm (sheet)
(2) 64.9 × 52.2 cm (image and sheet)
(3) 63.9 × 52.2 cm irreg. (image) 64.8 × 52.2 cm (sheet)
(4) 67.5 × 48.5 cm irreg. (image) 68.2 × 48.5 cm irreg. (image and text) 77.5 × 55.5 cm (sheet)
(5) 80.1 × 38.0 cm (image and sheet)
(6) 76.2 × 56.7 cm (image and sheet)
(7) 50.9 × 75.5 cm (image and sheet)
(8) 49.1 × 75.4 cm irreg. (image) 50.9 × 75.4 cm (sheet)
(9) 83.6 × 30.6 cm (image) 83.5 × 45.5 cm (sheet)
(10) 47.0 × 63.4 cm irreg. (image) 57.4 × 77.8 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Douglas Kagi through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
© R. B. Kitaj Estate, courtesy Marlborough Fine Art
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Ramkalawon 51-60; Kinsman 34.i-x
Edition
ed. 17/70
Printing/Publishing
printed by Kelpra Studio, London; published by Marlborough AG Schellenberg FL
Inscription
(1) inscribed in pencil l.l.: Kitaj
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: FOR LOVE (CREELEY)
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 17/ / 70
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: K (in a square; Kelpra Studio) / 6668
(2) inscribed in pencil (in image) l.l.: 17/70
printed in white ink (in image) l.r.: ED DORN
inscribed in pencil (in image) l.r.: Kitaj
stamped in ink on reverse l.r.: K (in a square; Kelpra Studio) / 6685
(3) inscribed in pencil (in image) l.l.: Kitaj 17/70
printed in blue ink (in image) l.c.: REVOLT ON THE CLYDE (HUGH MCDIARMID) (underlined)
(4) printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Star Betelgeuse / Robert Duncan (underlined)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Kitaj 17/70
inscribed (inverted) (diagonally) in pencil on reverse: gn / 3691
(5) printed in ink c.r.: MORTON / FELDMAN (in a square)
printed in blue in l.l.: fifties grand (underlined)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Kitaj 17/70
printed in maroon ink l.r.: Swank
(6) printed in white ink (in image) l.c.l.: C R S / A E S / L L / O / H O N
inscribed in pencil (in image) l.c.l.: Kitaj 17/70
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: K (in a square; Kelpra Studio) / 7114
(7) printed in ink (in image) u.c.r: KENNETH REXROTH
inscribed in pencil (in image) c.r.: Kitaj 17/70
stamped in ink on reverse l.r.: 7120 / K (in a square; Kelpra Studio)
(8) printed in white ink (in image) u.r.: 1890 / Deerskin / 20" x 30" / 26" Reels (all in a square) John Weiners (underlined)
inscribed in white pencil (in image) l.c.: Kitaj 17/70
stamped in ink on reverse l.r.: 7171 / K (in a square; Kelpra Studio)
(9) printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: HAIL / THEE / WHO / PLAY
inscribed in pencil l.c.l.: Kitaj 17/70
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: MICHAEL / McCLURE
(10) printed in blue ink l.c.r: W.H. Auden (diagonal underline)
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Kitaj 17/70
stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: K (in a square; Kelpra Studio) / 7289
Accession Number
2013.474.1-10
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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