About the Artwork
Pictures to be Read, Poetry to be Seen
1967
R. B. Kitaj
1932 - 2007
American
Unknown
Red crayon and silver, cardboard square
Overall (Height x Width of base): 3 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (8.9 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.201.9
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R. B. Kitaj, Pictures to be Read, Poetry to be Seen, 1967, red crayon and silver, cardboard square. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.201.9.
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