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Ezra Pound II

Print
1974 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

R.B. Kitaj is an American artist who spent a large part of his working life in London. He started making screenprints with the master printer Chris Prater in the early 1960s and continued to do so into the 1980s (Prater retired in 1992). Kitaj was associated with the Pop Art movement because in both his prints and paintings he made collages from mass-produced imagery but his work contains many erudite and esoteric references to 'high' culture and literature, which distinguish him from his contemporaries such as Eduardo Paolozzi, Allen Jones or Peter Phillips who rather relied on popular and commercial imagery. In this print images of the 19th century French sculptor, Dalou, an etching of a peasant by the 19th century French painter Legros, a plate from a book of recipes and other images are brought together in a somewhat enigmatic manner.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEzra Pound II (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
printer's ink, paper, black chalk, orange paper, screenprint, collage
Brief description
R.B.Kitaj: Ezra Pound II. Screenprint, black chalk and collage. 1974.
Physical description
Screenprint with black chalk and collage on paper
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet. height: 978mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1975)
  • Size of sheet. width: 752mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1975)
Production typeLimited edition
Copy number
4/70
Marks and inscriptions
  • Kitaj (Signed in pencil)
  • 4/70 (Marked)
Credit line
Waddington Galleries
Production
Kelpra Studio was the printshop run by Chris Prater
Subject depicted
Summary
R.B. Kitaj is an American artist who spent a large part of his working life in London. He started making screenprints with the master printer Chris Prater in the early 1960s and continued to do so into the 1980s (Prater retired in 1992). Kitaj was associated with the Pop Art movement because in both his prints and paintings he made collages from mass-produced imagery but his work contains many erudite and esoteric references to 'high' culture and literature, which distinguish him from his contemporaries such as Eduardo Paolozzi, Allen Jones or Peter Phillips who rather relied on popular and commercial imagery. In this print images of the 19th century French sculptor, Dalou, an etching of a peasant by the 19th century French painter Legros, a plate from a book of recipes and other images are brought together in a somewhat enigmatic manner.
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1975
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.154-1975

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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