Obsessions Kitaj (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages. Illustrated. (SL#284/2).

Coloured illustrations. 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches, 63-pages. Original coloured pictorial wrappers. Fine.

Soft. Condition: Fair. Number 29: February - July 2013. Pages clean and bright. Binding firm. Moderate-heavy shelf wear. Pen mark to front cover. Size: 8vo. Gallery Magazine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 263pp. Quarter cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ships within 24 hours! Excellent condition book with minor edge wear. Pages crisp, clean with no markings. One slightly bumped corner. Maybe should be listed as 'like new.' Always courteous and honest service! Product details Publisher: Kerber Verlag Publication date: 2012 Edition: First Edition Language: English Print length: 264 pages ISBN-10: 3866787316 ISBN-13: 9783866787315 Item Weight: 3.46 pounds Dimensions: 8.9 x 1 x 12.4 inches.…

4°, gebundene Ausgabe. 263 Seiten, Das Buch ist in einem sehr guten Zustand. 9783866787315 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1557.

First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine and unread, with no dust jacket as issued, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Bartley, Tracy et al. R.B. KITAJ: Obsessions, 1932-2007. 264 pages, including 203 color, 65 b&w plates and 5 gatefolds. 4to, boards. Bielefeld, Kerber Verlag, 2013. This catalogue, created for a show at the Jewish Musem in Berlin, does not conform to conventional expectations of a retrospective, at least not where the text is concerned. What you can expect from this book, and get in spades, is a beautifully printed, fabulously illustrated visual survey of Kitaj's career, presented chronologically. His work has not been given this kind of attention in many years, and it is long overdue. There is no general introduction to the artist or his career to orient the reader. The first essay (keep looking, it's on page 83), dives right into the role and meaning of diaspora in Kitaj's work-Walter Benjamin features prominently. Subsequent essays expand on Kitaj's work in the context of his Jewish identity and history. One essay, written by the assistent who worked for him during the last 10 years of his life, provides a more personal perspective. There are several full-page photographs of the artist, but they are undated and without captions. They leave a lingering sense of mystery, which is probably what he would have wanted.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book is in excellent condition. No dust jacket as issued.

First edition, first printing. Fine in boards as published. An extensive retrospective exhibition with many colour illustrations and essays.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. PP.263. Published to accompany the Exhibition Obsessions R.B. Kitaj (1932 - 2007). A retrospective by the Jewish Museum Berlin. Large format, beautifully produced monograph, illustrated throughout in colour. As new.Ê. R.B. Kitaj (illustrator).