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Alex Katz (American, b.1927)
LOT ID: 65987
Sharon, 2009

Lithograph
23.75 х 36 in. cm.
Signed, in pencil, lower left
Edition 55
Foundry/Publisher Graphic studio
Lot description
Alex Katz, born in 1927, is an American figural artist best known for his paintings, prints, and sculptures. Katz’s style, associated with the Pop Movement, transforms subjects of people and scenes of daily life, such as a “Forest” into elevated iconographic images. Though his subjects were often close friends, (he painted his wife Ada frequently,) Katz generalizes the features of his subjects and reduces the work to formal properties of light, color, and scale making his art familiar to all possible viewers. Katz’s portraits reveal his ongoing pursuit to depict social interactions and language while his landscapes reveal his fascination with plein air painting.

With an upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston opening on April 28, 2012, which focuses on the artist's print oeuvre, Katz's work 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.

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