Alex KatzCoca Cola Girl #52019
2019
About the Item
- Creator:Alex Katz (1927, American)
- Creation Year:2019
- Dimensions:Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 56 in (142.24 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Boca Raton, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1354210645972
Alex Katz
Flat color and minimal forms contrast the often monumental scales of the paintings by Alex Katz through which he creates portraits and landscapes of deceptive simplicity. Although the signature stark style that defines his prints and other work is now recognizable at a glance, it took him a decade to develop. During that time, he has said he destroyed hundreds of paintings.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian émigré parents, Katz’s family moved to Queens when he was a baby and that is where his family’s passion for the arts supported his early creative interests. In 1946, he enrolled at the Cooper Union in Manhattan where he studied painting under Morris Kantor. While he was influenced by the bold colors and hard edges of modernism, he shifted away from the then-dominant Abstract Expressionism movement to figurative scenes of life that have an inherent cool in their pared-down approach. Especially impactful were Katz’s summer studies between 1949 and 1950 at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, a place where, as he later wrote: “I tried plein air painting and found my subject matter and a reason to devote my life to painting.”
Katz’s first solo show was in 1954 at Roko Gallery in New York. He experimented over the course of the following years with collage and painting on aluminum sheets, with his work in the 1960s drawing inspiration from film and advertising. In the 1970s, Katz expanded into portrait groups that regularly depicted the cultural scene of New York; in the 1980s, he extended his focus to fashion and its supermodels. Since the late 1950s, an enduring muse for his portraits has been his wife, Ada, while others have painted friends and famous figures. The intimate closeness of the frequently cropped faces in Katz’s portraits exudes a sense of tension with the subjects’ enigmatic expressions and planes of color.
In the 1960s, Katz collaborated with American dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor on sets and costumes. His concentration on landscapes emerged in the late 1980s, with atmospheric night views joining his practice, which had previously been defined by bright colors. Always finding new perspectives on his work, he has explored using iPhone photographs as the basis for large-scale compositions in recent years.
Katz’s prolific career has spanned sculpture, prints and public art along with his paintings and drawings, and his works can be found in the collections of leading museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and Museum of Modern Art. He has had over 250 solo exhibitions around the world and continues to be acclaimed. In 2022, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened a major retrospective of his art.
Find Alex Katz art today on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Boca Raton, FL
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- Coca Cola Girls #4By Alex KatzLocated in Boca Raton, FLThe Coca-Cola Girls series by Alex Katz is an homage to the bold and daring girls depicted in Coca Cola’s advertising images from the 1890s to the 1960s that celebrate an idealized A...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Homage to PicassoBy Larry RiversLocated in Boca Raton, FLpaper measures 26.5 x 30 inches. Edition PP 4/4 Painter, sculptor, poet, and musician Larry Rivers was an established figure in the New York School, recognized for creating large pa...Category
20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints
MaterialsArchival Paper
- Straw Hat 3By Alex KatzLocated in Boca Raton, FLwoman in straw hat with eyes closedCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
MaterialsArchival Pigment
- Furungle (Blue)By Kenny ScharfLocated in Boca Raton, FLColorful, cartoonish faces and imagined creatures populate Kenny Scharf's fantastical murals, paintings, sculptures, and installations.Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Andy Warhol : Self PortraitBy Tim BessellLocated in Boca Raton, FLEdition 4/10Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures
MaterialsResin
- Lantern Flowers BLACK AND WHITE, OCT 4, 2017By Donald SultanLocated in Boca Raton, FLSilkscreen Black and White Lantern Flowers with FlockingCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
MaterialsScreen
- The souper dressBy Andy WarholLocated in Jerusalem, ILA wonderful piece of unknown edition by Andy Warhol. A silkscreen print on a Cellulose and Cotton dress. Fearing the artist's trade mark Campbell's soup can. In very good condition.Category
1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints
MaterialsTextile, Screen
- Beautiful Bedroom KateBy Tom WesselmannLocated in Ljubljana, SIBeautiful Bedroom Kate. Original color silkscreen on Museum Board, 1998. Edition of 90 signed and numbered impressions on Museum Board. Tom Wesselma...Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Prints
MaterialsScreen
- Marcel Duchamp's World Tour - DC Thomson Reunion at the Tower Ballroom BlackpoolBy Peter BlakeLocated in Norwich, GBHeralded as the ‘Godfather of Pop Art’, Sir Peter Blake was knighted in 2002 for his invaluable contribution to contemporary art. Blake began his career creating collages from photographs, cigarette packets and matchboxes. This new approach to the creation of visual art – taking found imagery from Pop culture – was spearheaded in Britain by Blake and continues to inspire contemporary artists today. Best known for creating the iconic cover to the Beatles’ 1967...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints
MaterialsScreen
- American Trilogy, Elvis, Black and Silver GlossBy Peter BlakeLocated in Norwich, GBLimited edition of 150. Three American icons: the stars and stripes, Elvis Presley and Coca Cola are combined to create American Trilogy, a classic pop art image by Sir Peter Blake.A...Category
20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints
MaterialsGiclée, Archival Pigment, Screen
- Still Life with LobsterBy Roy LichtensteinLocated in Tallinn, EE”Still Life with Lobster”. Signed, dated and numbered rf Lichtenstein ’74 2/100. Lithograph and screenprint in colours, I. 81.7 x 78.8 cm, S....Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
MaterialsScreen, Lithograph
- Mildred ScheelBy Andy WarholLocated in New York, NYScreenprint in colors with Diamond Dust Signed in graphite "Andy Warhol"Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
MaterialsScreen