- Design Credit: Elizabeth Roberts Architec̦ture & Design, Photo Credit: Dustin Aksland. Dimensions: H 139.7 cm x W 106.68 cm
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Alex KatzSunrise, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio2020
2020

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- CreatorAlex Katz (1927, American)
- Creation Year2020
- DimensionsHeight: 139.7 cm (55 in.)Width: 106.68 cm (42 in.)
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- Gallery LocationMiami, FL
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU53837265322
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Alex Katz
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 plans to open a major retrospective of his art.
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- Twilight, from Sunrise Sunset PortfolioBy Alex KatzLocated in Miami, FLTECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz Twilight, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio 2020 Archival Pigment inks on Innova etching cotton rag 315 gsm paper 40 x 88 in. Edition of 35 Pencil Signed...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsArchival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request - Sunset 2, from Sunrise Sunset PortfolioBy Alex KatzLocated in Miami, FLTechnical Information Alex Katz Sunset 2, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio 2020 Archival Pigment inks on Innova etching cotton rag 315 gsm paper 42 x 46 in. Edition of 35 Pencil Signed...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsArchival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request - Sunset 3, from Sunrise Sunset PortfolioBy Alex KatzLocated in Miami, FLTECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz Sunset 3, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio 2020 Archival Pigment inks on Innova etching cotton rag 315 gsm paper 39 x 70 in. Edition of 35 Pencil Signed...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsArchival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request - Sunset 1, from Sunrise Sunset PortfolioBy Alex KatzLocated in Miami, FLTECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz Sunset 1, from Sunrise Sunset Portfolio 2020 Archival Pigment inks on Innova etching cotton rag 315 gsm paper 55 x 42 Edition of 35 Pencil Signed and...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsArchival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request - Yellow Flags 3By Alex KatzLocated in Miami, FLTECHNICAL INFORMATION Alex Katz Yellow Flags 3 2020 Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 33 x 22 in. Edition of 150 Pencil signed and numbered ...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsArchival Pigment
Price Upon Request - Three TreesBy Alex KatzLocated in Miami, FLTECHNICAL INFORMATION: Alex Katz Three Trees 2018 20 color silkscreen 37 x 59 in. Edition of 60 Pencil Signed and Numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art Conditi...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsScreen
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