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Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Nude Sculpture R.B. Kitaj drawing of nude woman on handmade orange paper print

1975

About the Item

Here Kitaj depicts a sculpture of a nude woman, shaded delicately in black, printed on wonderfully textured handmade muted orange paper. The woman’s hand reaches to the inside of her thigh, and she stands with her right leg turned out to the side, gazing downward with eyes closed. This print is a sensitively-drawn example of Kitaj's interest in playful, sensual compositions that were often inspired by art historical references, such as Edward Degas' late pastel nudes Kitaj drew on a lithography stone with the edge chipped off, resulting in the image field’s unique shape. Kitaj wrote the word “Sculpture” on the stone, so that the text was reversed on the final print, playing with abstraction and medium. The thick, textured paper recalls the texture of rough marble. A close friend of fellow Petersburg Press collaborator David Hockney, Kitaj was known as an expressive, superlative draughtsman. Art critic Robert Hughes famously wrote of Kitaj in TIME magazine that “…he draws better than almost anyone else alive.” Paper: 57 x 40 cm / 22.5 x 16 in. Image: 30.5 x 15.2 cm. / 12 x 6 in. Lithograph on orange-pink handmade paper. Signed and numbered 29/30 by the artist lower left in pencil. Catalogue reference: Jane Kinsman The Prints of R.B. Kitaj, Scolar Press in association with the National Gallery of Australia 1994, no. 82 Jennifer Ramkalawon Kitaj Prints: a catalogue raisonné, The British Museum Press 2013, no. 195, illustrated p. 178 Copies of this lithograph are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles; British Museum, London; and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.
  • Creator:
    Ronald Brooks Kitaj (1932-2007, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1975
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
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  • Condition:
    This print is not previously owned and has been stored in the archives of the original publisher since its publication.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU121124445471
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