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Home Collection Artworks The Arabist

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The Arabist

The Arabist

R. B. Kitaj (in 1976)

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Title The Arabist
Material and technique Oil on canvas
Object type
Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Width Error: 76,2 is not a valid BCD value cm
Height Error: 243,8 is not a valid BCD value cm
Artists Artist: R. B. Kitaj
Accession number 2921 (MK)
Credits Purchased 1976
Department Modern Art
Acquisition date 1976
Creation date in 1976
Internal exhibitions Een prikkelcollectie (2000)
External exhibitions Retrospective R.B. Kitaj (2012)
Boijmans bij de Buren - REMIX ROTTERDAM, Boijmans X Wereldmuseum (2020)
Material
Object
Geographical origin The United States of America > North America > America

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R. B. Kitaj

Chagrin Falls 1932 - Los Angeles 2007

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