Bob Witz

{{Short description|American artist and writer (1934–2021)}} {{Sources|date=March 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}

'''Robert A. Witz''' (September 9, 1934 – February 23, 2021) was an American artist, poet and writer.<ref>[http://www.studio-18gallery.com/bob%20witz.html Studio 18 Gallery] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202038/http://www.studio-18gallery.com/bob%20witz.html |date=March 30, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=Larry Webb and Bob Witz {{!}} The Brooklyn Rail |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2005/03/artseen/larry-webb-and-bob-witz/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=brooklynrail.org |language=en}}</ref> He was born in Tomah, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1959. He was founder and editor of the literary arts magazine, APPEARANCES.<ref>[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/witz The Fales Library Guide to the Bob Witz Papers/Appearances Magazine Archive]</ref>

Some of his correspondences with Artforum magazine were published by editor Robert Pincus-Witten along with his work "The Work Ethic a Drawing" under the title.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1973-09-01 |title=Robert Witz: Selections from the Tomah Letters |url=https://www.artforum.com/features/robert-witz-selections-from-the-tomah-letters-210218/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}</ref>

Witz died in Tomah on February 23, 2021, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert A. Witz |url=https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21509486/Robert-A-Witz |website=Tribute Archive |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>

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