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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Alex Katz 'Sara' Signed Screenprint 2012
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Sara, from Three Portraits Silkscreen Suite 32-color silkscreen on Rising museum board signed and numbered 23/60 in pencil. Published by Lococo Fine Art Pub...
Archival Paper, Screen
Ada (Purple)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
With the simplest of line akin to a drawing by Matisse, Alex Katz renders Ada (Purple) in elegant simplicity. Created in 2022 as an original one-color woodcut in an edition of just ...
Woodcut
Sunrise, Contemporary Archival Print, Signed, 55x42, 21st Century
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz Sunrise, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio 2020 Archival Pigment inks on Innova etching cotton rag 315 gsm paper 55 x 42 in...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Alex Katz - "Plate 19 From GLORIA Portfolio (Original Etching, 2005) Ed 100
By Alex Katz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This print is priced fairly, offered at the same wholesale discount extended to our partner galleries and private dealers. We strongly encourage prospective buyers to compare our lis...
Etching
Yellow Flags on White
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
An artwork of uncommon beauty, Yellow Flags on White, by Alex Katz was created by the artist in 2023, is hand-signed and numbered in pencil measuring 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76 cm), unf...
Archival Pigment
Summer, 2024
By Alex Katz
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Alex Katz, Summer, 2024, this Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper is hand-signed by Alex Katz (Brooklyn, 1927 - ) numbered from the edition of 60...
Archival Pigment
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...
Paper, Screen
$11,000
Late July 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Alex Katz (b. 1927) has been dedicated to art-making since the 1950's - however, it wasn't until the 60's when he established his signature 'flat' figurative style. Over the succeedi...
Lithograph
Alex Katz - "Plate 15" From GLORIA Portfolio (Original Etching, 2005) Ed 100
By Alex Katz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This print is priced fairly, offered at the same wholesale discount extended to our partner galleries and private dealers. We strongly encourage prospective buyers to compare our lis...
Etching
Perry (from White Shirt), framed hand signed archival pigment print
By Alex Katz
Located in Aventura, FL
Archival pigment print in colors on Innova Etching Cotton Rag paper from White Shirt portfolio. Hand signed by Alex Katz lower left. Hand numbered 49/50 lower right (there were als...
Paper, Archival Pigment
Ada Four Times 4
By Alex Katz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Alex Katz (b. 1927) has been dedicated to art-making since the 1950's - however, it wasn't until the 60's when he established his signature 'flat' figurative style. Over the succeedi...
Lithograph, Screen
$24,000
Vivien
By Alex Katz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Vivien” is a figurative, silkscreen portrait by Pop artist, Alex Katz. The artwork is signed, in pencil, lower left "Alex Katz 43/60” Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1927, Alex Katz...
Screen
Goldenrod (from Flowers Portfolio)
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Goldenrod (from Flowers Portfolio) Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 86/100; signed and ...
Archival Pigment
Alex Katz - "Plate 10" From GLORIA Portfolio (Original Etching, 2005) Ed 100
By Alex Katz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This print is priced fairly, offered at the same wholesale discount extended to our partner galleries and private dealers. We strongly encourage prospective buyers to compare our lis...
Etching
Ariel 2 Hand Signed Silkscreen Print, Pop Art, 2021, 27/60, Framed
By Alex Katz
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on Saunders Waterford paper. Hand signed by Alex Katz lower left. Hand numbered 27/60 lower left (there were also 20 artist's proofs). Artwork size: 60 x 37...
Screen, Paper
Alex Katz - "Plate 21" From GLORIA Portfolio (Original Etching, 2005) Ed 100
By Alex Katz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This print is priced fairly, offered at the same wholesale discount extended to our partner galleries and private dealers. We strongly encourage prospective buyers to compare our lis...
Etching
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 ...
Paper, Screen
Provincetown: Late Summer Afternoon 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Adored by collectors and art lovers around the globe, Alex Katz is a renowned for his elegant and distinctive version of figuration and portraiture. Born in 1927, Katz worked as an...
Screen
Gloria Series Etchings on Paper, Contemporary, Signed, 2005 Edition
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz (born 1927) From GLORIA, 2005 Gloria 6 Gloria 8 Gloria 19 Gloria 25 4 etchings on wove paper accompanied by poems by Bill Berkson, numbered 92 on a copy of the colophon ...
Paper
Alex Katz - "Plate 22" From GLORIA Portfolio (Original Etching, 2005) Ed 100
By Alex Katz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This print is priced fairly, offered at the same wholesale discount extended to our partner galleries and private dealers. We strongly encourage prospective buyers to compare our lis...
Etching
$2,250
Edges 9
By Alex Katz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Adored by collectors and art lovers around the globe, Alex Katz (b. 1927) is renowned for his elegant and distinctive version of figuration. Katz has been dedicated to art-making si...
Etching
Alex Katz - "Plate 24" From GLORIA Portfolio (Original Etching, 2005) Ed 100
By Alex Katz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This print is priced fairly, offered at the same wholesale discount extended to our partner galleries and private dealers. We strongly encourage prospective buyers to compare our lis...
Etching
Portraits: Yvonne
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz uses outline drawings, called “cartoons”, as templates to transfer full size images onto the canvas prior to painting. Rendered in red chalk or charcoal on brown paper, th...
Etching
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...
Paper, Screen
$13,250
Green Jacket
By Alex Katz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Alex Katz (b. 1927) has been dedicated to art-making since the 1950's - however, it wasn't until the 60's when he established his signature 'flat' figurative style. Over the succeedi...
Screen
$18,000
Freesia
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
7-color woodcut on Somerset white 500 gsm
Archival Paper, Woodcut
$50,000
Springtime
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Springtime Year: 2026 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm fine art paper Sheet: 42 x 72 inches (107 x 183 cm) Edition: 5...
Screen
$50,000
The Gathering
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: The Gathering Year: 2026 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm fine art paper Sheet: 41 x 72 inches (104 x 183 cm) Edition...
Screen
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-...
Woodcut
Nicole 2 Silkscreen Print, Hand Signed, PP 4/4, 59 x 40 Inches
By Alex Katz
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by Alex Katz lower left. Hand numbered PP 4/4 lower right (there is also a main edition of 50). Artwork size: 59 x 40 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. About...
Paper, Screen
Gloria (sheet 2)
By Alex Katz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Add to cart Adored by collectors and art lovers around the globe, Alex Katz is renowned for his elegant and distinctive version of figuration, with printmaking serving as an essentia...
Etching
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Coleman Pond III
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Coleman Pond III (Bauer 446) Heliorelief woodcut on tosa washi hanga natural paper Signed and numbered “Pres 1/6” in the lower margin. Printed by Tom Pruitt, G...
Etching, Woodcut
Coca Cola Girl #6
By Alex Katz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
paper size 36 x 72 inches 40 x 76 inches framed
Screen
Alex Katz Original Aquatint Print, 1978, Framed, Tony Towle
By Alex Katz
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Tony Towle Portfolio: Face of the Poet Medium: Aquatint in colors on J. Green Hotpress paper Date: 1978 Edition: 22/25 Frame Size: 17 1/4" x 21 3/4" Sheet Si...
Aquatint
Porcelain Beauty - enamel, aluminum, black and white
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
The set "Porcelain Beauty" consists of 6 porcelain enamel artworks on aluminum plate. Alex Katz was life-long influenced by advertising e.g. the Ame...
Enamel
$17,250
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...
Screen
$23,032
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...
Screen
Boy with Branch I, 1975 Aquatint on Paper by Alex Katz, Limited edition of 90
By Alex Katz
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Alex Katz (born 1927)
Boy with Branch I (Maravell 77), 1975
Aquatint in colors on wove paper
Image and sheet: 60.9 × 101.9 cm (24 × 40 1/8 in)
Signed in penc...
Paper, Aquatint
$14,000
Olivia 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm fine art paper Edition of 50
Paper, Screen
Vivien in White Coat, 2021
By Alex Katz
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Alex Katz Vivien in White Coat, 2021 is a work of subtle admiration that the artist holds for her daughter-in-law, Vivien Bittencourt. The gentle hues...
Screen
$18,000
Ada I
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2022, Ada I, from Ada Portfolio 1, is an original screenprint in 17 colors on Saunders paper. Hand-signed in pencil (lower left recto) and numbered from the e...
Screen
Twilight, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz Twilight, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio 2020 Archival Pigment inks on Innova etching cotton rag 315 gsm paper 40 x 88 i...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Creative Director (Pharrell)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz The Creative Director (Pharrell) 2025 Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm fine art paper 36 x 26 inches (91.5 x 66 cm) Edition of 75 Alex Katz...
Screen
Ada with Black Hat
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2013 in an edition of just 25, Ada with Black Hat is an original screenprint in three colors on Saunders paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered, the artwor...
Screen
Sunset 1, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz Sunset 1, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio 2020 Archival Pigment inks on Innova etching cotton rag 315 gsm paper 55 x 42 E...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Face of the Poet
By Alex Katz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Adored by collectors and art lovers the world over, Alex Katz is renowned for his elegant and distinctive version of figuration. Born in 1927, Katz has been dedicated to art-making ...
Aquatint
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...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$280Sale Price|20% Off
After Alex Katz 'American Dance Festival 2003-70th Anniversary'
By Alex Katz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 31.75 x 53 inches ( 80.645 x 134.62 cm ) Image Size: 28 x 53 inches ( 71.12 x 134.62 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Addition...
Screen
$55,514
Coca-Cola Girl 9 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Alex Katz, Swim Suit, Woman, Red
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Coca-Cola Girl 9" is the iconic comprehension of Katz' intension and of the spirit of the Coca-Cola Girl series. These figures bear witness of his deep engagement with the ideas of ...
Screen
$22,000
Dancer 3
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Silkscreen in 25-colors on Saunders Waterford HP High White 425 gsm paper edition of 60
Screen
Straw Hat Vivien
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
Technical Information: Alex Katz Straw Hat Vivien 2021 Silkscreen 80 x 44 in. Edition of 60 Pencil signed and numbered
Screen
Portraits: Alba
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz uses outline drawings, called “cartoons”, as templates to transfer full size images onto the canvas prior to painting. Rendered in red chalk or charcoal on brown paper, th...
Etching
$12,000
Autumn 5
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
An artwork full of movement and texture, Autumn 5, by Alex Katz, was created by the artist in 2023 as an original screenprint in colors on Saunders paper. Measuring 54 x 71 in. (137 ...
Screen
Portraits: Anne
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz uses outline drawings, called “cartoons”, as templates to transfer full size images onto the canvas prior to painting. Rendered in red chal...
Etching
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 ...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
$24,804
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...
Other Medium
William Dunas Dance 4 - Pamela, Framed Lithograph by Alex Katz
By Alex Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fourth Pose from the Night: William Dunas Dance suite by Alex Katz. The piece is framed in an exquisite hand-carved white gold leaf museum frame. Artist: Alex Katz, American (192...
Lithograph
Portraits: Jessica
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz uses outline drawings, called “cartoons”, as templates to transfer full size images onto the canvas prior to painting. Rendered in red chal...
Etching
"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.
Pigment
$20,000
Ada
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Ada 2022 16-color silkscreen 54 x 40 1/2 inches (137 x 103 cm) Signed and numbered edition of 100 in lower margin. Alex Katz is an American painter renowned for his large-...
Archival Pigment