R.B. Kitaj: How to Reach 67 in Jewish Art; 100 Pictures

Artist: R.B. Kitaj Title: R.B. Kitaj: How to Reach 67 in Jewish Art; 100 Pictures Author(s): Leon Wieseltier Year: 2000   ISBN: 978-0897972086 Publisher: Marlborough Gallery, Inc. Book Format: Softcover, 11 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches, 100 pages, 100 color plates This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition R.B. Kitaj: How to Reach 67 in Jewish Art; 100 Pictures, presented by Marlborough Gallery from October 31 through December 2, 2000. The full illustrated catalogue features an essay contribution from Leon Wieseltier. Kitaj’s strongly autobiographical subject matter centers around the human experience, often alluding to history, literature, film, and art. In the mid-1970’s, Kitaj’s development of the “Jewish Question” grew to inform his art, as Kitaj’s pictorial universe embraces his cultural and religious heritage. R.B. Kitaj was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932, and as a child attended art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Following his studies at Cooper Union in New Y