id:			160301
accession number:	1998.179
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.179
updated:		2022-01-04 17:23:56.450000

The Cleveland Indian (After Eakins), 1995-1998. R. B. Kitaj (American, 1932-2007). Oil on canvas; unframed: 182.9 x 61 cm (72 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund 1998.179 © Marlborough Gallery, New York

title:				The Cleveland Indian (After Eakins)
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creation date:			1995-1998
creation date earliest:		1995
creation date latest:		1998
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creditline:			Gift of Agnes Gund
copyright:			© Marlborough Gallery, New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* R. B. Kitaj (American, 1932-2007)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 182.9 x 61 cm (72 x 24 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* "How to Reach 67 in Jewish Art: 100 Pictures," Marlborough Madrid (Sept. 12 - Oct. 14, 2000), Marlborough New York (Oct. 31 - Dec. 2, 2000).

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PROVENANCE

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Cleveland-born artist R. B. Kitaj has nurtured a lifelong infatuation with baseball. Like many Cleveland fans, he waited more than 40 years for his hometown team to win a championship. When the Indians won the American League pennant in 1995, he began to work on <em>The Cleveland Indian</em>,the first painting he completed after moving to Los Angeles in 1997 from London, his home for 38 years. The solitary figure is not meant to be a portrait of a specific player, but refers to the team and its players in a general way. The figure's posture was inspired by a batter depicted in a small watercolor by Thomas Eakins (<em>Baseball Players, Practicing</em>, in 1875). Kitaj also relied on recent numerous newspaper articles and photographs to refine his rendering, yet he kept the background ambiguous, giving free rein to his interest in abstract forms, expressive brushwork, and vivid color.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Cleveland Indian Arrives at the CMA,” November 27, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4223

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