R. B. Kitaj

American | 1932 - 2007

R. B. Kitaj was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1932. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Royal Academy of Arts in London. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Sotheby's London have featured R. B. Kitaj's work in the past.R. B. Kitaj's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 672,601 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 672,601 USD for Clerk's Dream, sold at Christie's London in 2024. In the past 12 months, his prints & graphic art have averaged 376 USD.R. B. Kitaj has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in October 2024. The artist died in 2007.

Artist's alternative names: Ron B. Kitaj, Ronald B. Kitaj, Ronald Brooks Kitaj

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Ronald Brooks Kitaj (American, 1932-2007) ,1992

By R. B. Kitaj

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Western Bathers ,1993

By R. B. Kitaj

B. 1932 THE LONDONIST ,1987

By R. B. Kitaj

The Old Vic ,1986

By R. B. Kitaj

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Ronald Brooks Kitaj (American, 1932-2007) ,1992

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French subjects

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Glue-Words 1967 ,1967

By R. B. Kitaj

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Self Portrait 1969 ,1970

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Current Exhibitions

Auras: Portraits of Women by British Artists

Lévy Gorvy Dayan, London

Mayfair | London | UK

Mar 06,2025 - Jun 08,2025

From Observation to Abstraction: The Body in Art

Royal Academy of Arts

Mayfair | London | UK

Jan 23,2025 - Jun 30,2025

British Art: Convergences

Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM)

Lisbon | Portugal

Mar 14,2025 - Jul 21,2025

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Articles

ArtDaily 02/10/2024

The Parrish Art Museum will present the new exhibitions for the upcoming 2024 fall season.

FAD Magazine 28/06/2024

The Treasure House Fair is an enjoyable chance to escape the world鈥檚 problems. Or is it? Strolling round the 70 stands of art, design and curiosity, I found many items of interest referred to conflict or trouble鈥�

ArtDaily 04/12/2023

The color red has held deep symbolic resonance throughout time and across cultures since red pigment made of ochre was employed in cave paintings.

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鈥� ..Kitaj's enigmatic artworks are sometimes considered to be cryptic, complex and provocative... 鈥�
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Hamburger Kunsthalle

鈥� ..For Kitaj, art was a medium of intellectual exploration, which he mined using references from history, art, literature, pop culture, and his own life... 鈥�
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Moeller Fine Art Berlin

鈥� ..By detaching images from their original contexts, Kitaj created art with a smart, yet dark, sense of humor that is fed by the various personal associations viewers bring to his works... 鈥�
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

鈥� ..Throughout his career, he created an extensive body of work in a diverse range of media, from print to paint... 鈥�
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

鈥� ..Kitaj鈥檚 works explore, in-depth, overarching questions central to the development of the twentieth century, while also incorporating autobiographical qualities... 鈥�
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery