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The Bells of Hell

(1961 United Kingdom)

James Hyman Fine Art



Artist(s): RONALD BROOKS KITAJ RA (1932-2007)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed: Signed KITAJ middle left; and signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Dimensions: 132.00cm wide   91.70cm high (51.97 inches wide  36.10 inches high)
Provenance:

Marlborough Fine Art, London
Ivor Braka, London
Private Collection, Europe

Literature:

Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, R B Kitaj, 1970, (cat. no. 105, detail illustrated)
Marco Livingstone, Kitaj, 1985 (no.12, plate 26)
Richard Wollheim, ‘Kitaj: Recollections and Reflections’ in (ed. Richard Morphet), R.B.Kitaj: A Retrospective, Tate Gallery, 1994 (illustrated p.40, misdated 1960 and described as whereabouts unknown)

Exhibition History:

A Tribute to Sir Colin St John Wilson, James Hyman Gallery, 2007
Kitaj Memorial Gallery, Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, 2008

Description:

Considered by Kitaj to be one of his only Pop Art paintings, The Bells of Hell dates from a key moment in the artist’s career and in the formation of British Pop Art.