May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 2,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
KITAJ, R.B.; and CREELEY, ROBERT. A Day Book by Robert Creeley. 13 color screenprints by Kitaj, each signed and numbered 131/200 in pencil. 616x419 mm; 24 1/4x16 1/2 inches (sheets), full margins. Folio, contents loose as issued in wrappers; red cloth canvas folding case. Berlin: Graphis, circa 1970

Additional Details

number 131 of 200 copies signed by kitaj and creeley, from a total edition of 295. Kitaj often combined printing processes and discovered that silk-screen printing was a medium well-suited to his art. His association with Creeley dates to 1967 when Kitaj taught at Berkely, California. From Manet to Hockney 150.