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Alex Katz Art

American, b. 1927

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.

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Artist: Alex Katz
Alex Katz 'Nancy' Aquatint and Etching on Arches Signed Portrait Print 1972
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This Alex Katz print 'Nancy' is an aquatint and etching on Arches, published in 1972 . It is signed and numbered 41/50 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Hi...
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1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Alex Katz, 'Man with Pipe' (Schröder 181) 1984
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Alex Katz' 'Man with Pipe' is a color etching and aquatint, 1984, on Rives BFK paper, signed and numbered 163/185 in pencil, printed by Aldo Crommelynck, co...
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1980s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching

White Shirt (Perry)
By Alex Katz
Located in Atlanta, GA
Archival pigment print on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm
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2010s Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Alex Katz 'Twilight' Oil Painting 1988
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This beautiful Alex Katz 1988 untitled work from the 'Twilight' series is an oil painting on masonite measuring 16 × 12 inches. This original piece is in ex...
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1980s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Oil, Masonite

Ariel
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Alex Katz Ariel (set of 3) 2016 Baked archival UV inks on shaped powder-coated aluminum 60 x 28 in. (overall dimensions) Edition of 40 Engraved signed and n...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Aluminum, Cut Steel

Blue Coat
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Image size: 24 x 12 inches Edition of 30
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1990s Alex Katz Art

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Aquatint

Alex Katz Private Domain 1970 (announcement card)
By Alex Katz
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alex Katz “Private Domain” announcement card 1970: Rare vintage Alex Katz announcement card published on the occasion of 'Alex Katz New Paintings' Fi...
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1970s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Alex Katz 'Joan' Aquatint Portrait in Seven Colors 1986
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Aquatint in colors, 1986, on Somerset, signed in pencil, editioned 20/65 (the edition was 65 plus 7 artist's proofs), published by Crown Point Press, San Fr...
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1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Aquatint

Straw Hat 3
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Straw Hat 3, 2022 Archival pigment ink print 75 1/2 x 42 inches Edition of 100
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2010s Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

William Dunas Dance 4 - Pamela, Lithograph by Alex Katz
By Alex Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alex Katz, American (1927 - ) Title: Night: William Dunas Dance II Year: 1983 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 106/125 and there were also 17 artist...
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1970s American Realist Alex Katz Art

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Lithograph

Sunrise 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 75 8 Color Woodcut on Hiromi Izumi Paper 250 gsm
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Autumn 1
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper. Edition of 75
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Silk, Archival Paper

Dancer 1
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Dancer 1 2019 Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford HP High White 425 gsm paper 60 x 36 inches (153 x 92 cm) Edition of 60
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2010s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen

1972 Alex Katz 'Vincent, 1972' HAND SIGNED
By Alex Katz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vincent, 1972 Chalk lithograph in two gray colors 14 7/8 x 20 7/8 inches Edition: 120, plus artist proofs Arches paper Printed by Paul Narkiewicz, New York Published by The Phoenix H...
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1970s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Lithograph

Freesia
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
7-color woodcut on Somerset white 500 gsm
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Paper, Woodcut

Vincent
By Alex Katz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
ARTIST: Alex Katz TITLE: Vincent MEDIUM: Original Lithograph on Paper SIZE: 21 in x 15 in EDITION: From the Rare ...
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1970s Alex Katz Art

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Lithograph

Kate
By Alex Katz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
ARTIST: Alex Katz TITLE: Kate MEDIUM: Original Cyanotype on paper SIZE: 45 1/4 in X 29 3/4 in EDITION: From the Rare Limited...
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Early 2000s Alex Katz Art

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Screen, Lithograph

Alex Katz 'Julia and Alexandra' Screenprint 1983
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This magnificent 1983 Katz portrait is pencil signed and numbered 56/75 from the edition of 75, on the lower left corner. This work comes beautifully frame...
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1980s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Looking at Art With Alex Katz, hardback monograph hand signed by Alex Katz
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Looking at Art With Alex Katz (hand signed by Alex Katz), 2018 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed in black pen on the title page) hand signed by Alex Katz in ...
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2010s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Mixed Media, Board, Offset, Lithograph, Ink, Paper

Pas de Deux IV
By Alex Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pas de Deux IV (Vicki Hudspith and Wally Turbeville) is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 36 x 20 inches, signed ‘Alex Katz’ lower right and numbered 106/150. From the editi...
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20th Century Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen, Paper

Pas de Deux II
By Alex Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pas de Deux II (Danny Moynihan and Laura Faber) is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 36 x 20 inches, signed ‘Alex Katz’ lower left and numbered 107/150. From the edition of ...
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20th Century Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen, Paper

Pas de Deux III
By Alex Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pas de Deux III (Francesco and Alba Clemente) is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 36 x 20 inches, signed ‘Alex Katz’ lower left and numbered 106/150. From the edition of 17...
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20th Century Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen, Paper

Pas de Deux V
By Alex Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pas de Deux V (Red Grooms and Liz Ross) is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 36 x 20 inches, signed ‘Alex Katz’ lower left and numbered 75/150. From the edition of 173 (ther...
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20th Century Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Paper, Screen

Pas de Deux I
By Alex Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pas de Deux I (David Salle and Janet Leonard) is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 36 x 20 inches, signed ‘Alex Katz’ lower left and numbered 110/150. From the edition of 17...
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20th Century Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen, Paper

Night: William Dunas Dance 4 (Pamela)
By Alex Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Night: William Dunas Dance 4 (Pamela) is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 25 x 31.25 inches. From the edition of 142, numbered 104/125 (there were also 17 artist proofs), ...
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20th Century Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Lithograph, Paper

Alex Katz, Night (from Northern Landscapes): Woodcut, Pop Art, Signed Print
By Alex Katz
Located in Hamburg, DE
Alex Katz (American, born 1927) Night (from Northern Landscapes), 1994 Medium: Woodcut in colors, on Japan paper Dimensions: 51 × 40.5 cm (20 1/10 × 15 9/10 in) Edition of 100: Hand-...
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20th Century Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Woodcut

Gray Dress (Laura)
By Alex Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gray Dress (Laura) is a serigraph on paper with an image size of 36 x 28, signed 'Alex Katz' and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary black fram...
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20th Century Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen, Paper

Autumn 4
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 75.
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Give Me Tomorrow (Limited Edition, collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Give Me Tomorrow (from the private collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude), 2005 Offset Lithograph 16 × 22 inches Edition 216/1000 Numbered 216 out of 1000 Unframed from the United Technologies 25 years Art sponsorship Anniversary, and acquired from the private collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The image depicts a large billboard in SOHO, NYC of an Alex Katz work of art Alex Katz Biography: lex Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1927. In 1928, at the outset of the Depression, his family moved to St. Albans, a diverse suburb of Queens that had sprung up between the two world wars. Katz was raised by his Russian émigré parents, both of whom were interested in poetry and the arts, his mother having been an actress in Yiddish Theater...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Offset, Lithograph

Yellow flags on white
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 150.
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching, Archival Pigment, Rag Paper

Purple irises on white
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 100.
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching, Archival Pigment, Rag Paper

Purple irises on red
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 100
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching, Archival Pigment, Rag Paper

Monograph: Alex Katz Black and White (Hand signed by Alex Katz)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Alex Katz Black and White (Hand signed by Alex Katz), 2017 Hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (Hand signed by Alex Katz) Hand signed by Alex Katz on the first...
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2010s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Alex Katz 'Christy' (Schröder 466) 2010
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This Alex Katz print 'Christy' was published in 2010 published by the Museum Kurhaus Kleve and printed by Christopher T. Cre...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Alex Katz 'Sara' Screenprint 2012
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) 32-color silkscreen on 2-ply museum board signed and numbered 23/60 in pencil. Published by Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis, Missouri.
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1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen, Archival Paper

Hardback Monograph: Alex Katz in Maine (hand signed and dated by Alex Katz)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz in Maine, 2005 Hardback monograph (hand signed and dated by Alex Katz) Boldly signed and dated 6.9.10 by Alex Katz on the first front end page 9 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 3/4 inches T...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Ink, Offset, Lithograph, Mixed Media, Paper

Vincent
By Alex Katz
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Edition of 120 Signed - Original Lithograph on Paper - Hand signed by the artist
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20th Century Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Lithograph

Purple Tulips 1
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Purple Tulips 1 Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Red Dogwood 1 from Flowers portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Red Dogwood 1 from Flowers portfolio Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed and nu...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Vivien on Green
By Alex Katz
Located in Atlanta, GA
Alex Katz, born 1927 in New York as the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, is one of the most important painters of our time, worldwide. Katz studied at the Cooper Union School of Art...
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2010s Abstract Alex Katz Art

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Purple Tulips 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Purple Tulips 2 Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Red Dogwood 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Red Dogwood 2 Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Goldenrod
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Goldenrod Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 35...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Azaleas on Yellow
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Azaleas on Yellow Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Peonies
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Peonies Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 47 ×...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Day Lilies (Hand Signed and Inscribed by Alex Katz)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Day Lilies (Hand Signed and Inscribed by Alex Katz), 1992 Silkscreen on wove paper Boldly signed, inscribed and dated on the lower, right front in black marker by Alex Katz...
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1990s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Purple Wind
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Alex Katz was born in 1924 to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, as the son of an émigré who had lost a factory he owned in Russia to the Soviet revolution. In 1928 the family moved to St. Albans, Queens, where Katz grew up. From 1946 to 1949 Katz studied at The Cooper Union in New York, and from 1949 to 1950 he studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. Skowhegan exposed him to painting from life, which would prove pivotal in his development as a painter and remains a staple of his practices today. Katz explains that Skowhegan's plein air painting gave him "a reason to devote my life to painting." Every year from early June to mid-September, Katz moves from his SoHo loft to a 19th-century clapboard farmhouse in Lincolnville, Maine. A summer resident of Lincolnville since 1954, he has developed a close relationship with local Colby College. From 1954 to 1960, he made a number of small collages of still lifes, Maine landscapes, and small figures. He met Ada Del...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Alex Katz 'Susan' (Maravell 90) 1976
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This Alex Katz 1976 screenprint 'Susan' is printed in colors, signed in pencil and numbered XIII/L from the deluxe edition, apart from the Arabic numeral ed...
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1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Yellow Flags on Brown
By Alex Katz
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Yellow Flags on Brown Medium: Archival pigment ink print on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm Date: 2023 Edition: 42/150 Frame Size: 30 3/4" x 36 3/4" Sheet ...
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2010s Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Alex Katz 'Ada Four Times 3' 1979-1980
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Alex Katz 'Ada Four Times 3' is a screenprint and lithograph printed in colors on Arches wove paper, printed by Styria Studi...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching

Alex Katz 'Samantha' 1987
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This sunning Alex Katz screen print is titled 'Samantha' from the year 1987. On the left hand side it is signed in pe...
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1980s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Alex Katz 'Olympic Swimmer' (Schröder 87) 1976
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This Alex Katz 1976 Screenprint 'Olympic Swimmer' is a screenprint in five colors on white Vélin d'Arches paper. It is signed in pencil and numbered 158/200...
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1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Night: William Dunas Dance 1 (Pamela), Pop Art Print by Alex Katz
By Alex Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alex Katz, American (1927 - ) Title: Night: William Dunas Dance 1 (Pamela) Year: 1983 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100, 42 AP Size: 25...
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1980s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Lithograph

Alex Katz 'A Tremor in the Morning' Woodcut 1986
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This Alex Katz untitled work from the 'A Tremor in the Morning' is a woodcut relief print in color on wove paper. This print is edition 32/45 and signed in ...
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1980s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Woodcut

Kyme
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Kyme, 1993 woodcut printed in pink, edition of 30 24 x 19 in. / 61 x 48.3 cm
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1990s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Woodcut

Alex Katz 'Face of the Poet' (Schröder 29-34) Portfolio 1978
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This rare Alex Katz 'Face of the Poet' album is the complete set of fourteen aquatints in colors, on J. Green Hotpress paper. Conceived in 1978, each print ...
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1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Aquatint

Vincent
By Alex Katz
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Vincent Medium: Lithograph on Paper Size: 15 × 21 in 38.1 × 53.3 cm Edition: 47/120 Year: 1972 Notes: Hand Signed and Numbered in Pencil by the Artist. Cust...
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1970s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Lithograph

Reflection 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 100 Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper

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