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Self-portrait. Hors de commerce proof.

Lithograph
1991 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Curwen Press (printer)
Marlborough Graphics (publisher)
Kitaj, R.B. (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Lithograph


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Lithograph
TitleSelf-portrait. Hors de commerce proof.
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on distressed Richard de Bas Auvergne hand-made paper
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Self-portrait
Physical description
Lithograph
Dimensions
  • Height: 70cm
  • Width: 57cm
70 x 57 cm
Object history
Exhibitions: R.B.Kitaj Graphics 1974-1994 Marlborough Graphics, London, 8 June - 20 August 1994 Kitaj: A Print Retrospective Victoria and Albert Museum, 8 June - 9 October 1994

The image was made after severe illness. It is printed on paper found in a damp cellar where it had been stored since the Second World War, hence "distressed".
Bibliographic references
  • Jane Kinsman Kitaj Prints (to be published by Scolar Press, Aldershot, September 1994)
  • Rosemary Miles Kitaj: A Print Retrospective, London, 1994, p.14
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.96-1994

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Record createdApril 1, 2009
Record URL
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