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First Series Some Poets

Print
1966-1969 (published), 1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kelpra (publisher)
Kitaj, R.B. (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Screenprint on paper

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • First Series Some Poets (series title)
  • Star Betelgeuse; Robert Duncan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
printer's ink, paper, screenprint
Printer's Ink
Paper
Screenprint
Brief description
By R.B.Kitaj: 'Star Betelgeuse; Robert Duncan', from the folder "First Series Some Poets", published by Kelpra Studios Ltd, London, 1967
Physical description
Screenprint on paper
Dimensions
    Marks and inscriptions
    Kitaj (Signed in pencil)
    Credit line
    Acquired from Marlborough Graphics Ltd., London in 1971.
    Object history
    Suite originally housed in a black cloth portfolio box printed in white on front ‘FIRST SERIES / SOME POETS AUDEN CREELEY DORN DUNCAN / McCLURE OLSON WIENERS / FELDMAN McDIARMID REXROTH / R.B. KITAJ
    Box is unnumbered and stored elsewhere, currently (2011) at the back of '1st Mezz' in the National Art Library.
    Remaining inside box are a black coated title-page printed in white with text ‘FIRST SERIES / SOME POETS AUDEN CREELEY DORN DUNCAN / McCLURE OLSON WIENERS / FELDMAN McDIARMID REXROTH / R.B. KITAJ / TEN SHEETS PUBLISHED BY MARLBOROUGH AG SCHELLENBERG FL IN AN EDITION OF 70 OF WHICH / 30 SETS ARE IN FOLIO SCREEN PRINTED BY KELPRA STUDIO LTD LONDON 1966-69’.
    Dims. of box: 85.4 x 59.7 x 2cm. Condition of box: scuffed.
    Bibliographic reference
    Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1971
    Collection
    Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
    Accession number
    CIRC.190-1971

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
    Record URL
    https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1037291/first-series-some-poets-print-kitaj-rb/
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