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Alex Katz
'Good Afternoon 2 (Gray Rowboat)' Rare 1975 Alex Katz Print Ada on Lake in Maine

1975

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With flat planes of rich, lovely color, Alex Katz’s landscapes and portraits evoke the smooth aesthetics of advertising billboards and film. The prolific, renowned international artist whose retrospective exhibition is currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum, is especially well known for his paintings and prints of Ada, his wife and muse. This rare, early print depicts Ada (seen from the back) boating on a lake in Maine where the artist continues to divide his time between their home acquired there in 1956 and New York City. "Good Afternoon 2 (Gray Rowboat)" 1975 Lithographh in 12 Colors Edition 12/100 Signed by the Artist Lower Left: 'Alex Katz, 12/100' 27.5 x 36 Inches (Unframed) Katz developed his signature style as a reaction against the Abstract Expressionism that dominated the mid–20th century, when he began painting. Instead, he embraced narrative, figurative clarity and the accessible pleasures of Pop art, though he remains untethered to any particular school or movement. Katz studied at Cooper Union in New York and spent a summer learning plein air painting at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture before he began presenting regularly in New York and cities across the world. His work has been included in shows at institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and the Fosun Foundation in Shanghai, among others. His work belongs to multiple public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Tate, and has fetched million-dollar prices on the secondary market.
  • Creator:
    Alex Katz (1927, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1975
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Wellesley, MA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU456311517832
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