Description
Portrait of the Artist as Target, 1964
Artist: William Kent (1919-2012)
Slate print on patterned fabric
47 x 30 inches
Signed, lower right
Kent was a unique, self-taught pop artist who showed prints with major 2nd generation New York artists at the Whitney in 1964, i.e. Warhol, Guston, Kelly, et al. Print made from hand carved slate and printed on fabric. The print protested and predated the lunar landing which occurred in 1969. This group was our Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1964 and General Curtis Lemay is the second one from the left.
