Alex Katz (American, b.1927)

LOT ID: 71258

Man with Pipe, 1984

Etching / Engraving, Aquatint, on Hahnemuhle Papier Rives

10.5 х 16 in. cm.

Signed, and numbered. Accompanied by Signed Letter of Provenance by corporate sponsor on behalf of the Brooklyn Museum

Edition 185

Foundry/Publisher Aldo Crommelynck, Paris, Published by The Brooklyn Museum

Lot description

Image Size: 10.5 x 16 inches
Framed: 22 x 28 inches
The work is in the original frame.

The provenance is superb as it was acquired from the Brooklyn Museum and is accompanied by a signed letter from the Museum's corporate sponsor Merrill Lynch. (see photograph included).

Alex Katz first emerged on the New York art scene during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and before the birth of Pop art, but always worked independently of these movements. Katz is best known for his distinctive portraits of sophisticated, irresistible women, masterfully painted using precise, broad areas of colour. Alongside these unmistakably ‘Katzian’ female portraits are pictures of men, groups, landscapes and interiors, rendered in paint on canvas or metal cut-outs as well as drawing and collage. All attest to the artist’s attention to detail, economy of means and consummate technique.

Larger-than-life paintings such as The Black Dress (1960), Blue Umbrella (1972), Red Coat (1982) and White Visor (2003) have entered the collective consciousness as the epitome of a particular, late twentieth-century feminine ideal. A major touring retrospective was organized by New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art in 1986, and Katz has exhibited widely all over the world. His works are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate, London; the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris; and the Nationalgalerie, Berlin, among many others.

With an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston entitled "Alex Katz Prints" that opened on April 28, 2012, Katz shows no signs of slowing down. After being the subject of over 200 solo exhibitions internationally, Katz has truly established a permanent place in the contemporary canon.

For fans, collectors and dealers of Alex Katz, this is quintessential, vintage Katz - a must have for your print collection!

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Notes:	minor rippling to the white paper, a few inches lower left (to the left of the man holding the pipe), otherwise fine


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History and Provenance
History and Provenance
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The Brooklyn Museum via Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith

Exhibition:
The Brooklyn Museum, NYC
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