R.B. Kitaj art links 

Original works by R.B. Kitaj available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 

Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK
The Defects of Its Qualities, screenprint, 1967

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Many works online

R.B. Kitaj at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Glance, 1992

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.

R.B. Kitaj at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Drawings collection online

Museum of Modern Art, New York City
6 works online when last checked

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Works from the Kenneth Tyler Collection of international prints

Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Tedeum, 1963

Art Collection of the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Colombia

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Spain
The Hispanist (Nissa Torrents)

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
The Archaeologist, 1997-98

R.B. Kitaj in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
2 works online

R.B. Kitaj in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
Numerous prints online

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

R.B. Kitaj at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Gemini G.E.L. prints

National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, England
The Architects, 1981

Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

R.B. Kitaj at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

Southampton City Art Gallery, England

Tampa Museum of Art, Florida
Untitled from A Day Book, 1972

Tate Gallery, London, UK

The Jewish Museum, New York City
2 works online

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
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Tyne & Wear Museums, England
Germania - To the Brothel, 1985-87

Tyne & Wear Museums Database, England
Germania - To The Brothel

Yellowstone Art Museum, Montana
(Artists are listed alphabetically by first name)

 
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:

Art Fund for UK Museums

 

Christie's Past Sale Archive   NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)

Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive   NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)

 

R.B. Kitaj in the Artchive

R.B. Kitaj in the WebMuseum

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  
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Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

USC Annenberg School for Communication

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British Council Arts Group

The Legacy Project
"A gathering place for people interested in the enduring legacies of the many violent traumas of the 20th century"

Time Magazine Cover Archive
George Orwell, 1983

Time Magazine Cover Archive
Vladimir Horowitz, 1986

UBS Financial Services Art Collection

 

Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on R.B. Kitaj  
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting

Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)  

Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

artcritical, the online magazine of art and ideas
2-page illustrated interview with the artist

L.A. Weekly
"The Refugee: Expatriate artist R.B. Kitaj's bittersweet homecoming"

Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)  

The London Evening Standard
"Vanities in need of a bonfire", 2001 article by Brian Sewell

The New York Observer
"Painter R.B. Kitaj Letting Loose at 72, But Far From London", article by Hilton Kramer

Time Magazine
"The Last History Painter", 1979 article by Robert Hughes

Time Magazine
"Edgy Footnotes to an Era", 1981 article by Robert Hughes

Time Magazine
"History's Bad Dreams", 1995 article by Robert Hughes

"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon Look Inside Books: Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.              Search Inside Books: Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon.   look inside Kitaj