What Is a Comparison?
- Alternate Titles
- Mahler Becomes Politics, Beisbol, 1964-7
What is Comparison?, 1964, from the Mahler Becomes Politics, Beisbol portfolio, 1964-7 - Creation Date
- 1964
- Type
- planographic print
- Medium
- Screen print on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Materials
- screen print
wove paper - Inscriptions
- "THIS IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF FOUR | VOLUMES IN WHICH THE "UNUSUAL" | WORDS OF
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARE | APPROXIMATELY GRADED IN ORDER OF | DIFFICULTY AND OBSCURITY.
THE PRESENT | VOLUME CONTAINS WORDS WHICH CAN | AND SHOULD BE USED IN EVERYDAY | SPEECH.
ALL PRONOUNCIATIONS ARE SHOWN | BY A SIMPLE METHOD. | D.U.W.[A] | DICTONARY | OF |UNUSUAL
| WORDS | PART "A'"
"HEROES OF THE ALCAZAR" | By | Demy 8vo. | Fully Illustrated. | 7s. 6d. net | EYRE
& SPOTTISWOODE (PUBLISHERS) LTD"
"THE MARCH | OF A NATION | H. G. CARDOZO | THE 'RIGHT' BOOK CLUB"
"THE | MARCH | OF A | NATION | of blue-green letters and vice versa. Resulting clash
causes edge of letters seemingly | to vibrate. The strong after-image of this panel
shows the colors precisely reversed. | HIGH | VISIBILITY (lettering torn in hhorizontallyally)
| With 24 Plates and 8 Maps"
"THE MARCH OF | A NATION | THE 'RIGHT' BOOK CLUB | 10 SOHO Square | LONDON, W. 1"
"What is a comparison?"
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Kitaj", not dated
Inscribed in graphite, lower left:"62/70"; inscribed upper right:"45"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "GW 3473"; inscribed on verso, upper left: "Cab 45" - Subject
- Abstract
- Dimensions
- Width: 56.2 centimeters
Width: 50.0 centimeters
Height: 78.7 centimeters
Height: 73.0 centimeters
- Accession #
- B1983.31.21
- Object #
- 7118
- Credit Line
- Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift
- Object Rights
- © Estate of the Artist
- Partner URL
- http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3644909
- Linked Data URI
- ycba:object/7118
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