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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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Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Artist: Alex Katz
Ada 8 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 8 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 40.50 x 54 in (102.87 x 137.16 cm)
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Ada 2 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 2 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 40.50 x 54 in (102.87 x 137.16 cm)
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Ada 6 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 6 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 54 x 40.50 in (137.16 x 102.87 cm)
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Ada 10 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 10 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 54 x 40.50 in (137.16 x 102.87 cm)
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Ada 7 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 7 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 54 x 40.50 in (137.16 x 102.87 cm)
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Ada 3 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 3 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 54 x 40.50 in
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Ada 9 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 9 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 54 x 40.50 in (137.16 x 102.87 cm)
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2010s Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Ada 5 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 5 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 54 x 40.50 in
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2010s Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Ada 4 - From the Ada Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Ada 4 — From the ADA Portfolio, 2022, (/100) Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm paper 54 x 40.50 in (137.16 x 102.87 cm)
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2010s Alex Katz Art

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Screen

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

Ada 1 - From the ADA Portfolio (/100)
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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

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

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

Still Life
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Still life woodcut and lithograph on Rives Creme paper.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Woodcut, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 red
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 100
Category

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.
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Etching, Archival Pigment, Rag 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

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

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

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 Paper, Archival Ink

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 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 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

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

White Shirt (Vincent 2)
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

White Shirt (Vincent)
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

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

Straw Hat 3
By Alex Katz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
woman in straw hat with eyes closed
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Ada (Black)
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 150 1 Color Woodcut on Somerset Satin White, 300 gsm
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Woodcut

Ada (Purple)
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 75 1 Color Woodcut on Somerset Satin White, 300 gsm
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Woodcut

Porcelain beauty 3
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Porcelain enamel mounted on aluminum Edition of 25 Does not need to be framed
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Enamel, Metal

Alex Katz 'Small Cuts House and Barn' 2008 Print
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This beautiful Alex Katz 'Small Cuts House and Barn' is a 2008 aquatint in color from a small edition size of 60. This piece is numbered 46/60 and hand sign...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Aquatint, Archival Ink

Porcelain Beauty 6
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 25 Porcelain enamel mounted on aluminum Does not need to be framed
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Enamel, Metal

Porcelain beauty 4
By Alex Katz
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 25 Porcelain enamel mounted on aluminum Does not need to be framed
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Enamel, Metal

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

Coca-Cola Girl (Suite)
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: Coca-Cola Girl (Suite) Year: 2018 Medium: Archival pigment inks on Entrada Rag Bright 300 gsm fine art paper Edition: 100; each signed and dated in pencil Sh...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

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...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Alex Katz 'Yvonne' Cutout 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’....
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Stainless Steel

White Shirt Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz Title: White Shirt Portfolio Year: 2021 Medium: Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper Sheets: 26 × 15 in (66× 38.1 cm) Edition: ...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Alex Katz 'Big Smile (Vivien)' Print 2021
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Alex Katz's 'Big Smile (Vivien)' is a 2021 color archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper. This pri...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

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...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Alex Katz 'Large Black Hat Ada 2' Screenprint 2013
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) This Alex Katz 'Large Black Hat Ada 2' is a 2013 screenprint on brown Kraft pape. It is a Printer's Proof 1/2 aside from edition of 10 published by Lococo F...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Alex Katz 'Reflection 2' Print 2021
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Alex Katz's 'Reflection 2' is a 2021 color archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper. This piece is signed on the lower left ...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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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...
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2010s Modern Alex Katz Art

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Screen

Azaleas on Yellow, from The Flowers Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in London, GB
Archival pigment print, 2021, on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100, Lococo Publishing, Missouri, 119 x 86 cm. (46¾ x 33¾ in.)
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Purple Tulips 1, from The Flowers Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in London, GB
Archival pigment print, 2021, on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100, Lococo Publishing, Missouri, 80 x 119 cm. (31½ x 46¾ in.)
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2010s Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

Alex Katz 'Dancer 2' 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Katz Art

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Archival Ink

White Shirt (Eric)
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

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

White Shirt (Rob)
By Alex Katz
Located in Atlanta, GA
Archival pigment print on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm
Category

2010s Alex Katz Art

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Archival Pigment

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Find a wide variety of authentic Alex Katz art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, orange, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Alex Katz in screen print, pigment print, archival pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Alex Katz art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Andrew Moore, Donald Sultan, and Raphael Macek. Alex Katz art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $290 and tops out at $250,000, while the average work can sell for $14,989.
Questions About Alex Katz Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Alex Katz is a contemporary artist who produced paintings, sculptures and prints. Many historians associate him with the Nouveau réalisme movement, but he also worked in figurative and Pop art styles. Shop a collection of Alex Katz art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024
    What media Alex Katz uses varies. Over the course of his career, the American artist has worked in painting, sculpture and printmaking. Always finding new perspectives on his work, he has explored using iPhone photographs as the basis for large-scale compositions in recent years. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Alex Katz art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024
    Yes, Alex Katz's style is Pop art. During the 1950s, he experimented with collage and painting on aluminum sheets, with his later 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. These sources of inspiration align with Pop art's focus on transforming elements of popular culture into fine art. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Alex Katz art.

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