id:			374045
accession number:	2019.246
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.246
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:27.591000

Untitled (Go), 1949. R. B. Kitaj (American, 1932–2007). Colored pencil and graphite on paper; 40.8 x 39.2 cm (16 1/16 x 15 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Lee Reid 2019.246

title:				Untitled (Go)
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creation date:			1949
creation date earliest:		1949
creation date latest:		1949
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creditline:			Gift of Katharine Lee Reid
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	colored pencil and graphite on paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: 40.8 x 39.2 cm (16 1/16 x 15 7/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed “Kitaj”, lower right
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Family of the artist (mother and step-father)
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	Katharine Lee Reid, NC
	date: c. 1960-2019
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 2, 2019
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fun fact:
Kitaj made this drawing in order to enter a local exhibition for young artists during his senior year of high school in Troy, NY.

digital description:
This early drawing by R. B. Kitaj presents a humorous distortion of scale. An arrow with the word “Go” points toward the man who dominates the center of the drawing, with his wide stance and clown-like shoes, unnaturally stiff pants, suspenders, short tie, and cigar. Behind him in much reduced scale, Kitaj drew the main street of an American small town, with its storefronts stretched horizontally and filled with hand-drawn signs. The picture’s playful distortions may be intended to suggest the man’s outsized personality or influence in the small town; at the same time, the drawing shows a young realist with Pop inclinations.

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