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Allen and Naomi Ginsberg

Lithograph
1992 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph depicting Allen and Naomi Ginsberg. Printed by Curwen Chilford Press, Cambridgeshire. Published by Arion Press, San Fransisco, 1992.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAllen and Naomi Ginsberg
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
Lithograph by R. B. Kitaj depicting Allen & Naomi Ginsberg. USA, 1992.
Physical description
Lithograph depicting Allen and Naomi Ginsberg. Printed by Curwen Chilford Press, Cambridgeshire. Published by Arion Press, San Fransisco, 1992.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 51cm
31.5 x 51 cm
Object history
Exhibitions: Kitaj: A Print Retrospective Victoria and Albert Museum 8 June - 9 September 1994

These portraits were originally printed and published on separate sheets to accompany Allen Ginsberg's poem Kaddish with White Shroud and Black Shroud, published by Arion Press 1992, written in memory of his mother, Naomi. The portraits show both mother and son at the age of thirty.
Bibliographic references
  • Rosemary Miles Kitaj: A Print Retrospective London, 1994, p.13
  • Jane Kinsman Kitaj Prints (due for publication by Scolar Press, Aldershot, September 1994
Collection
Accession number
E.106-1994

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Record createdApril 1, 2009
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