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
Black Dress 9 (Christy) - 21st Century, Alex Katz, Figurative Sculpture, Woman
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
The "Black Dress" sculptures by Alex Katz are more than figurative sculptures. They are a homage to elegance, fashion and the female body. This cut-out is made from powder-coated alu...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Other Medium
Black Dress 8 (Ruth) - 21st Century, Alex Katz, Figurative Sculpture, Woman
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
The "Black Dress" sculptures by Alex Katz are more than figurative sculptures. They are a homage to elegance, fashion and the female body. This cut-out is made from powder-coated alu...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Other Medium
Black Dress 7 (Carmen) - 21st Century, Alex Katz, Figurative Sculpture, Woman
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
The "Black Dress" sculptures by Alex Katz are more than figurative sculptures. They are a homage to elegance, fashion and the female body. This cut-out is made from powder-coated alu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
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Other Medium
Black Dress 2 (Cecily) - 21st Century, Alex Katz, Figurative Sculpture, Woman
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
The "Black Dress" sculptures by Alex Katz are more than figurative sculptures. They are a homage to elegance, fashion and the female body. This cut-out is made from powder-coated alu...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Other Medium
Laura 5 - gray, grey, portrait, profile, shades
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Laura 5" is a very special work by Alex Katz. Despite from that he became famous for his bright colors, this print is made in various shades of gray. So this classical Katz portrait...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Red Hat Ada - woodcut, red hat, en face, portrait, red and black
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Red Hat Ada" is a very typical portrait of Alex Katz' wife and life-long muse Ada. Over 70 years of marriage, he has depicted her uncountably often. This is a very outstanding portr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Woodcut
Flags - woodcut, flowers, flags, Katz, black and white
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Flags" is a stunning woodcut from 2013. It is a very stylized view over a wide flower meadow. Typically, Katz is using a clear and straight color palette. It is beautiful to see how...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Woodcut
Vivien from "Three Portraits" - large-scale portrait, red lips, Katz, cool
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Vivien" is one of the "Three Portraits", a series in which Katz has portrayed Sara, Vivien and Sophie, all close friends and relatives. The portraits are very classical in front of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Ada - Portrait Print by Alex Katz, Ada, Red, Pearl Necklace, Portrait, Pop Art
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Ada" from 2011 is a Japanese woodblock in thirty-one colors on New Hosho paper. We are offering the number 18/70. 3 Artist's proofs. Ada is Alex Katz' wife and his most important mu...
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2010s Pop Art Alex Katz Art
Materials
Woodcut
"Chris", charcoal, drawing, Katz, Portrait, cool
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
This is an outstanding charcoal drawing by Alex Katz. He is portraying "Chris", who was model for several paintings and prints. Drawings do have an important impact to Alex Katz pain...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Charcoal
ADA X 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Tokyo, 13
LOT:20221110S03
Archival pigment ink on cotton rag fine art paper
Artist signed in the lower left and numbered
Edition 129 of 150
Printer: Lococo Fine Art Publisher, St. Louis
Publis...
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2010s Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pas de Deux Suite
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 1995, Pas de Deux is comprised of five individual screenprints, each hand-signed and numbered, each measuring 36 x 20 inches (91.4 x 50.8 cm), each, unframed,...
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20th Century Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
"Purple Irises on White", Iris, Purple, White, Flowers, Landscape
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
We are proud to present a brand new edition by Alex Katz. "Purple Irises in White" is one of the latest works that have been published. It is an homage to his landscape and flower artworks...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Pigment
"Purple Irises on Red", Iris, Purple, Red, Flowers, Landscape
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
We are proud to present a brand new edition by Alex Katz. "Purple Irises on Red" is one of the latest works that have been published. Edition of 100, signed, numbered and dated.
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Pigment
"Yellow Flags on Brown", Flowers, Still life, Yellow, Brown
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
We are proud to present a brand new edition by Alex Katz. "Yellow Flags on Brown" is one of the latest works that has been published. It is an homage to his landscape and flower artworks...
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2010s Alex Katz Art
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Pigment
"Yellow Flags on White", Flowers, Yellow, White
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
We are proud to present a brand new edition by Alex Katz. "Yellow Flags on White" is one of the latest works that has been published. It is an homage to his landscape and flower artworks...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Pigment
Coca-Cola Girl 8 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Alex Katz, Swim Suit, Woman, Red
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Coca-Cola Girl 8" is a very special one out of Alex Katz's Coca-Cola Girl series. These figures bear witness of his deep engagement with the ideas of advertisment, figurative art an...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Coca-Cola Girl 5 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Alex Katz, Swim Suit, Woman, Red
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Coca-Cola Girl 5" is part of Alex Katz's Coca-Cola Girl series. These figures bear witness of his deep engagement with the ideas of advertisment, figurative art and how to come to a...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Coca-Cola Girl 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Alex Katz, Swim Suit, Woman, Red
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Coca-Cola Girl 3" is one out of Alex Katz's Coca-Cola Girl series. These figures bare witness of his deep engagement with the ideas of advertisment, figurative art and how to come t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Coca-Cola Girl 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Alex Katz, Swim Suit, Woman, Red
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Coca-Cola Girl 2" is one out of Alex Katz's Coca-Cola Girl series. These figures bare witness of his deep engagement with the ideas of advertisment, figurative art and how to come t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Yellow Tulips - Contemporary, 21st Century, Silkscreen, Limited Edition, Katz
By Alex Katz
Located in Zug, CH
Alex Katz, Yellow Tulips
Contemporary, 21st Century, Silkscreen, Limited Edition
Edition of 50 + 5 PP + 15 AP
122,5 x 195,7 cm (48.2 x 77 in.)
Signed and numbered on the front
In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher (Lococo)
PLEASE NOTE: Edition numbers could vary from the one shown in the images. All edition available come from the edition /50
The pictures are only for illustrative reasons, the work is offered unframed.
“Yellow Tulips” is part of the famous flower painting series by Alex Katz. The aesthetics of flowers such as flags, tulips, and roses has been continuously explored by the artist throughout his career.
"I generally start with oil sketches, because I can paint more quickly than I can draw. In this way I try to capture the sensation of what I’m doing, getting into the unconscious and creating the images, and then figuring out what I did." — Alex Katz
Katz has been painting flowers since the 1960s, often during his summer residencies in Maine. The cropped, flattened composition displays a debt to Japanese woodblock art printing. The American artist is well-known for his large paintings, whose bold simplicity and unmodulated colours are now seen as precursors of Pop Art.
"Yellow Tulips" is another of Katz's wonderfully bright exploration of nature and the landscape. He represents the volumes and colors created by the natural light, this artwork breathes nature, the radiant yellow delights the vision against the limitless black background.
The painting “Tulips 4” which this edition is based on belongs to the Collection of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
ALEX KATZ
Alex Katz (American, born 1927) is the outstanding protagonist of figurative painting and one of our era's most acclaimed artists. In the late 1950s, the artist began to develop his mature style, characterized by elegance, simplicity, and stylized abstraction, which typifies his entire production. Alex Katz’s paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
White Visor
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex 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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Aquatint
Red Dancer 1
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2019, Red Dancer 1 is a screenprint in colors, hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the artwork measuring 36 x 108 in. (91.5 x 274 cm),...
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21st Century and Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Laura 3
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2018, Laura 3 is a two-color original etching, hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the artwork measures 42 x 42 in. (107 x 107 cm), unframed, from the edition...
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21st Century and Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Etching
Laura 2
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2018, Laura 2 is an original etching, hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the artwork measures 42 x 42 in. (107 x 107 cm), unframed, fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Etching
Homage to Degas
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2020, Homage to Degas is an archival pigment print on Innova Etching Cotton Rag paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Belinda
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2017, Belinda is an archival pigment print on Crane Museo Max paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the artwork measures 30 x 22 in. (76 x 56 cm), unfram...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alba
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2017, Alba is an archival pigment print on Crane Museo Max paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the artwork measures 30 x 22 in. (76 x 56 cm), unframed,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jessica
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2017, Jessica is an archival pigment print on Crane Museo Max paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the artwork measures 30 x 22 in. (76 x 56 cm), unfram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Laura x4
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by the Alex Katz in 2018, Laura x4 is a photoengraving and aquatint on Saunders Waterford paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the artwork measures 42 x 168 in. (107 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Photogravure, Aquatint
Straw Hat 3
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Alex Katz
Straw Hat 3
2022
Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
75 1/2 x 42 in.
Edition of 100
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Sunrise 1
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Alex Katz
Sunrise 1
2022
Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
54 x 40 1/2 in.
Edition of 100
Pencil signed and numbered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Tree 8
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Alex Katz
Tree 8
2022
Woodcut and Lithograph
39 3/4 x 39 1/4 in.
Edition of 60
Pencil signed and numbered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Lithograph, Woodcut
Tree 10
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information:
Alex Katz
Tree 10
2022
Screenprint
37 1/2 x 38 in.
Edition of 60
Pencil signed and numbered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Sunrise 2
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in 2022, Sunrise 2 is an 8-color woodcut print on Hiromi Izumi paper measuring 25 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (65 x 44 cm), unframed, the artwork hand-signed in pencil, an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Woodcut
Sunrise 1
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927)
Sunrise 1, 2022, (33/100)
Archival Pigment Ink on Innova Etching Rag Fine Art Paper
54 x 40.50 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Straw Hat #3
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927)
Straw Hat 3, 2022, (49/100 + 20 AP + 6 HC + 1 BAT + 1 RTP)
Archival pigment ink print, hand varnished on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vivien
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2022, Vivien is hand-signed and numbered in pencil, measuring 32 x 24 in. (81 x 61 cm.), unframed, from the edition of 150 as issued. Available for local pick...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dino & Anda
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Dino & Anda, date unknown
pencil on paper
22 1/2 x 15 in. (57.2 x 38.1 cm)
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Pencil
Barry, Edward and Chris
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Barry, Edward and Chris, 1985
pencil on paper
24 3/4 x 18 in. (62.9 x 45.7 cm)
Category
1980s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Pencil
Ada in the Woods
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Ada in the Woods, 1984
pencil on paper
22 1/4 x 15 in. (56.5 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1980s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Pencil
June Ekman's Class: Yvonne
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Yvonne, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Timmie
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Timmie, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Thalia
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Thalia, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Roxanne
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Roxanne, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Nancy
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Nancy, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 28.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Mary
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Mary, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 28.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Kasha
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Kasha, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 28.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: June
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: June, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 28.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Judy
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Judy, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Fran
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Fran, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
June Ekman's Class: Harmony
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
June Ekman's Class: Harmony, 1972
aquatint, edition of 50
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Aquatint
Twilight I
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Twilight I, 1978
silkscreen, edition of 50
42 x 33 in. (106.7 x 83.8 cm)
Category
1970s Pop Art Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Sunset: Lake Wesserunsett II
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Sunset: Lake Wesserunsett II, 1972
screenprint, edition of 60
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm)
Category
1970s Pop Art Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Sunny
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Sunny, 1974
aquatint and drypoint, edition of 52
15 x 22 3/8 in. (38.1 x 56.8 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Red Sails
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Red Sails, 1973
silkscreen, edition of 60
23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Screen
Still Life
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Still Life, 1974
aquatint and drypoint, edition of 62
22 1/8 x 30 3/4 in. (56.2 x 78.1 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Alex Katz Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Night: William Dunas Dancers No. 4
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Night: William Dunas Dancers No. 4, 1983
lithograph, edition of 125
25 x 31 1/4 in. (63.5 x 79.4 cm)
Category
1980s Pop Art Alex Katz Art
Materials
Lithograph
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