Author: MORPHET, RICHARD. (EDITOR).
Title: R.B.Kitaj: A Retrospective.
Description: London: Tate Gallery, 1994. 1854371371. 1st edition. Opening essay by Richard Morphet "traces the development of Kitaj's art and ideas. The insights in Prof. Richard Wollheim's essay are illuminated by over thirty years friendship with the artist. There is also a copiously illustrated biographical chronology and an extensive bibliography. The most remarkable features of the catalogue are the texts by Kitaj himself, on a majority of the individual works..Kitaj is an exceptional commentator on the content and purpose of art and these texts are a notable addition to his published thoughts." 29.5cms x 24cms x 2cms. Pp.239, 116 colour and 81 black & white illustrations. Paperback. Scarce. VG.** "Critical reviews in London were almost universally negative. British press savagely attacked the Tate exhibit, calling Kitaj a pretentious poseur who engaged in name dropping. Kitaj took the criticism very personally, declaring that "anti-intellectualism, anti-Americanism, and anti-Semitism" had fueled the vitriol. Despite the bad reviews, the exhibition moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and afterwards to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1995." (wiki).** Kitaj subsequently referred to the period as "The Tate War".

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