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Home / SOLD WORKS (SELECTED) / R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968
R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968 R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968 R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968 R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968
R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968 R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968 R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968 R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968

R.B. Kitaj, Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968

R.B. Kitaj
SOLD

Description

R.B. Kitaj

Plays for Total Stakes (Portrait of David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger), Kinsman 1994 32, Ramkalawon 2013 32a , 1968

Color silkscreen on Astralux paper mounted on green paper
27 1/2 × 27 1/2 × 1 1/2 in
69.9 × 69.9 × 3.8 cm
Edition of 70
 
British Pop pioneer R.B. Kitaj's portrait of David Hockney and his former lover Peter Schlesinger is rarely seen on the market, as so many other editions are already in the permanent collection of major institutions and museums. Kitaj first met the artist David Hockney at the Royal College of Art in 1960. Kitaj recalled their first meeting: 'a young man with large glasses and short black hair who began our first week to make the finest drawings of the human figure I had seen in any school'. The pair became lifelong friends. Kitaj made this portrait of Hockney and his then partner Peter Schlesinger when he was in California in 1968. Kitaj and Hockney were both teaching a Berkeley that year. In 2018, Britain's "The Guardian" newspaper published a major feature article on this work, which was included in an exhibition "Pop! Art in a Changing Britain" at Pallant House. Below is a link to the article:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/16/rb-kitajs-plays-for-total-stakes-graphic-pop-takes-on-the-traditional
And of course in 2019, David Hockney's painting of his former lover Peter sold at Christie's for nearly 91 million dollars.
The present work is elegantly framed in blond wood frame. (see photos)
Literature and Catalogue Raisonne References:
Kinsman 1994 32
Ramkalawon 2013 32a
 
Condition
Very good condition; minor dings and waviness to green sheet visible up close; otherwise fine
 
Signature
Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed and numbered on the recto (front)
 
Certificate of authenticity
Included
 
Frame
Included
 
Publisher
Published by Marlborough Graphics, Printed at Kelpra Studios, London

Measurements

Height:   27.50
Width:   27.50
Depth:   1.50

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