S/4 Katz Signed No'd Purple, Blue & Brown Lithographs Night, William Dunas Dance

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S/4 Katz Signed No'd Purple, Blue & Brown Lithographs Night, William Dunas Dance

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Offered is a framed suite of four 20th century Pop Art artist, Alex Katz signed and numbered lithographs, Night: William Dunas Dance Suite, 1979. Editions: 100/100, 100/125, AP 42/42 and 100/100. Two of the signatures are shown with the listing. All are pencil dated, numbered and signed and available for review. The colors in this set of four lithographs are blue, purple (lilac), tan and brown. Dimensions unframed: 31" W x 25" H x .01" D. The colors in this set are quite saturated and vibrant. The dance theme is so on point (no pun intended!) We suggest requesting additional detailed photographs as we are limited to 20 per listing. Alex Kata (1927-) born in NYC attended an arts program in High School and continued with his studies in figurative and modern art at Cooper Union. Katz was fully immeshed in the New York art scene of the 1940s through the 1960s. By the late 1950s, Katz would attempt greater realism in his paintings. He became increasingly interested in portraiture and painted his friends and in particular his wife and muse, Ada. Katz began using monochrome backgrounds, which would become a defining characteristic of his style, anticipating Pop Art and separating him from gestural figure painters and the New Perceptual Realism. Katz would dabble in painted cutout figures on wood and then in the 1960s influenced by movies, television and "Madison Ave", Katz produced large scale paintings, wood cutout and began to delve heavily into print making. Katz would go on to produce many editions in lithography, etching, silkscreen, woodcut and linoleum cut. After 1964, Katz increasingly portrayed groups of figures. He would continue painting these complex groups into the 1970s, portraying the social world of painters, poets, critics, and other colleagues that surrounded him. He designed sets and costumes for the choreographer Paul Taylor and would often paint many images of dancers throughout the years. The later part of the 20th century was spent on landscapes. In the early 2000s, Katz focused on large scale portraits with cropped faces. He has shown in over 200 solo exhibitions and 500 group exhibitions. Katz has pieces that are permanent installations in museums all-over the globe. Katz' pieces continue to appreciate in value. The set can be purchased in its entirety or by the piece at $5000 per piece.

Creator:
Alex Katz (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 26.25 in (66.68 cm)Width: 32.5 in (82.55 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 4
Style:
Post-Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Paint,Paper
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
1979
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Very good vintage condition with no apparent wear or loss to any of the four pieces in the set. Newly framed.
Seller Location:
Houston, TX
Reference Number:
Seller: #269bFA1stDibs: LU1064617972972

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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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