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 - No Kids – Come Into My House album cover (Hand Signed by Alex Katz)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz - No Kids – Come Into My House album cover (Hand Signed by Alex Katz), 2008, 2013 Offset lithograph album cover (Hand signed in marker by Alex Katz) Album cover designed by...
Cardboard, Lithograph, Offset
$1,395
Gloria 13
By Alex Katz
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Gloria 13 Medium: Etching on Zerkall Ingress paper Date: 2005 Portfolio: 2005 Gloria Edition: 25/100 Frame Size: 15" x 15" Sheet Size: 12" x 9" Image Size: ...
Archival Pigment
$30,000
Margit Smiles
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
signed and numbered edition 7/40 Printed by Chris Sukimoto, Doris Simmelink, and Debra Salopek, Simmelink-Sukimoto Editions Published by Simmelink-Sukimoto Editions online archive #0...
Aquatint
Original Alex Katz Etching on Paper, 2005, Gloria 10
By Alex Katz
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Gloria 10 Medium: Etching on Zerkall Ingress paper Date: 2005 Portfolio: 2005 Gloria Edition: 25/100 Frame Size: 15" x 15" Sheet Size: 12" x 9" Image Size: ...
Archival Pigment
$14,850
Olivia 3
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2025, Olivia 3 is a screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 50 (the edition number of the ar...
Screen
$30,000
Nicole
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
signed and numbered lower right edition of 60 Catalogue raisonné 00717 Published by Simmelink Sukimoto Editions Internationally recognized painter and printmaker Alex Katz was born...
Linocut, Woodcut
Alex Katz - "Plate 23" 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
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...
Lithograph
Alex Katz 'Olivia 2'
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
"Olivia 2" by Alex Katz (2025) is a striking multicolored screen print on Museum quality fine art paper, signed and numbered in a limited edition of 50, showcasing Katz's iconic styl...
Screen
$10,000
Rowboat
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Although best known for his portraits, Katz has depicted landscapes both inside the studio and out of doors since the beginning of his career. This print of a boat on the water feat...
Aquatint
$12,000
Morning
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
1994, color aquatint, 48 x 36 inches, edition of 40 Although best known for his portraits, Katz has depicted landscapes both inside the studio and out of doors since the beginning o...
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
$14,400Sale Price|20% Off
Ariel 2 (large framed hand signed silkscreen)
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
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
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
Alex Katz 'Reflection 2'
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz (born 1927) Reflection 2 2021 Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 47 x 39.5 inches (119 x 100.3 cm) Edition of 81/100 With flat plane...
Screen
Flowers in the Wind
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2024, Flowers in the Wind is a 4-color woodcut print on Somerset White paper. Hand-signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of just 35 (the edition numb...
Woodcut
Master American Contemporaries
By Alex Katz
Located in Wien, 9
The art work is signed in the print at the lower left and numbered in pencil: P.P. II/IV This special art piece "Master American Contemporaries" by Alex Katz (*1927) is a colour lit...
Lithograph, Paper
White Lilies 6
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2025, White Lilies 6 is a stunningly beautiful screenprint in colors on Saunders Waterford paper. Hand-signed by the artist in pencil, dated, and numbered fro...
Screen
Alex Katz from 'A Tremor in the Morning' signed, limited edition woodcut print
By Alex Katz
Located in San Rafael, CA
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Untitled, from the portfolio 'A Tremor in the Morning', 1986 Woodcut on wove paper Edition 32/45 Signed and numbered in pencil lower left Sheet: 20 x 19.75 inches...
Lithograph, Woodcut
Original Alex Katz Etching on Paper, 2005, Gloria 12
By Alex Katz
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Gloria 12 Medium: Etching on Zerkall Ingress paper Date: 2005 Portfolio: 2005 Gloria Edition: 25/100 Frame Size: 15" x 15" Sheet Size: 12" x 9" Image Size: ...
Archival Pigment
$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
$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
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
$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
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
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...
Archival Pigment
Alex Katz Original Etching Print, 2005, Framed, from Gloria Portfolio, 6
By Alex Katz
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Gloria 6 Medium: Etching on Zerkall Ingress paper Date: 2005 Portfolio: 2005 Gloria Edition: 25/100 Frame Size: 15" x 15" Sheet Size: 12" x 9" Image Size: 4...
Archival Pigment
Azaleas on Yellow (from Flowers Portfolio)
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Azaleas on Yellow (from Flowers Portfolio) Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; signed...
Archival Pigment
$14,000
Olivia 2
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Created by Alex Katz in 2025, Olivia 2 is a screenprint in colors on fine art paper. Hand-signed and numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, the artwork measures 40 x 54 in. (102 ...
Screen
Alex Katz 'Olivia 1'
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
"Olivia 1" by Alex Katz (2025) is a striking multicolored screen print on Museum quality fine art paper, signed and numbered in a limited edition of 50, showcasing Katz's iconic styl...
Screen
New Year's Eve
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Catalogue raisonné 00594 edition 16/43 Published by Simmelink-Sukimoto Editions Although best known for his portraits, Katz has depicted landscapes both inside the studio and out o...
Aquatint
Night: William Dunas Dance 2(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...
Lithograph
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
$19,850
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...
Paper, 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
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
$14,850
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...
Paper, Screen
Alex Katz 'Dancer 2' Signed Aluminum Cutout 2020
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Katz' 2020 'Dancer 2' is a cutout with UV-cured archival inks on shaped powder-coated aluminum, mounted to aluminum base. Incised 'Alex Katz', dated and num...
Metal
$16,000
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...
Archival Pigment
American Dance Festival 2011 Poster
By Alex Katz
Located in Dubai, Dubai
American Dance Festival 2011 Poster By Alex Katz 2011 Medium: Serigraph Paper Size: 48 x 34 inches ( 122 x 86 cm ) Image Size: 48 x 34 inches ( 122 x 86 cm ) Edition Size: 300,...
Screen
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
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...
Screen
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
Alex Katz 'Yvonne' Stainless Steel Multiple with Impressed Signature 2018
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This Alex Katz work 'Yvonne' is a 2018 cutout in powder-coated aluminum, UV archival inks, stainless steel. The signature impressed to the base ‘Alex Katz’....
Stainless Steel
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...
Lithograph
1946 "Untitled" oil on canvas painting signed and dated by artist Alex Katz.
By Alex Katz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" oil on canvas painting by artist Alex Katz. Signed and dated A. Katz 46 recto lower right. Painted in 1946, during the period when Katz was studying at Cooper Union in New...
Canvas, Oil
$18,000
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
Screen
$26,000
Straw Hat 1
By Alex Katz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
With flat planes of rich color, Alex Katz’s landscapes and portraits evoke the smooth aesthetics of advertising billboards and film. The prolific artist is especially well known for ...
Archival Pigment
White Lotus 10
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: White Lotus 10 Year: 2023 Medium: Archival pigment inks on 315 gsm fine art paper Edition: 50; signed and numbered in pencil Sheet: 32 × 48 in (81.3 × 121....
Archival Pigment
Susan (1976), Screenprint by Alex Katz (Deluxe Limited Edition of 50)
By Alex Katz
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Susan (1976) A rare and historic lithograph by Alex Katz signed and numbered by the artist. screenprint in colors on Tronko Japan paper sheet/image: 26 h × 19⅝ w in (66 × 50 cm) fr...
Paper, Screen
Large Head of Vincent - aquatint print by Alex Katz
By Alex Katz
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Large Head of Vincent" by Alex Katz - sugarlift aquatint on Arches Cover paper. Offered in simple white wooden frame. Print size: 61 x 35.5 inches Frame s...
Aquatint
Ada 2 (Outline) - shining, silvery, beauty, sculpture, polished aluminum
By Alex Katz
Located in Köln, DE
"Ada 2 (Outline)" is a stunning piece of art. Usually, Katz is well known for his cut-outs, but this is an "outline" sculpture made of high glossy polished aluminum. It is light as a...
Bronze
Ada (purple)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Ada (purple) 2022 1 Color Woodcut on Somerset Satin White, 300 gsm fine art paper 18 x 23.5 inches (60 x 46 cm) Signed and numbered edition of 75 Alex Katz is an Americ...
Archival Pigment
Vivien with Hat
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Alex Katz Vivien with Hat 2021 Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag fine art paper 36 x 48 in. Edition of 150 Pencil signed & numbered Accom...
Archival Pigment
$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
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
$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
Gloria Series Etchings on Paper, Contemporary, Signed, 2005 Edition
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz (born 1927) From GLORIA 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 (from the...
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...
Paper, Screen
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...
Paper, Screen
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