Museum exhibition
In Our Time
Prints by R.B. Kitaj
R.B. Kitaj / 
Title page / 
from In Our Time:  Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part portfolio, 1969 / 
paper dimensions: 31 x 22 1/2 in. (78.7 x 57.2 cm)
R.B. Kitaj / 
Final City of Burbank / 
from In Our Time:  Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part portfolio, 1969 / 
paper dimensions: 31 x 22 1/2 in. (78.7 x 57.2 cm)
R.B. Kitaj / 
Four in America / 
from In Our Time:  Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part portfolio, 1969 / 
paper dimensions: 31 x 22 1/2 in. (78.7 x 57.2 cm)
R.B. Kitaj / 
O'Neill / 
from In Our Time:  Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part portfolio, 1969 / 
paper dimensions: 31 x 22 1/2 in. (78.7 x 57.2 cm)
R.B. Kitaj / 
Coming of Age in Samoa / 
from In Our Time:  Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part portfolio, 1969 / 
paper dimensions: 31 x 22 1/2 in. (78.7 x 57.2 cm)
R.B. Kitaj / 
Vampyr / 
from In Our Time:  Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part portfolio, 1969 / 
paper dimensions: 31 x 22 1/2 in. (78.7 x 57.2 cm)
The Huntington
San Marino, CA
5 Aug 2023 - 4 Mar 2024
huntington.org

artist profile

SELECTED ARTICLE
Schwartz, Leah. "Judging a Book by its Cover: New exhibit examines literature through Kitaj’s eyes." Pasadena Weekly, 10 Aug 2023.
full article, PDF | pasadenaweekly.com


An exhibition of screen prints by artist R.B. Kitaj (1932–2007), the newly acquired works depict hyperrealistic replicas of well-loved book covers—and some of the prints even show torn and stained covers.
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