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R.B. Kitaj
Isaac Babel Riding with Budyonny
(1962)
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David Hockney
Man in Shower in Beverly Hills
(1964)
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Leon Golub
Wounded Sphinx
(1965)
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The term first used by the French critic Michel Ragon, sometimes argued that the move back to figuration occurred during an era of political and social turbulence in Europe and America.
Artists David Hockney and Leon Golub can be seen as examples of new figuration.