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Alex Katz

I prefer superficiality … to the serious avant-garde.

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Alex Katz was born in New York in 1927. He studied art at Cooper Union of New York from 1946 – 1949, then at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. His first exhibition was organized in 1954. He is considered as one of the precursors of Pop Art. From this time, Alex Katz is distinguished from the abstract expressionists by painting large scale figurative paintings. He . . .

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Lithograph poster de Katz Alex : Alex, self-portrait
Alex, self-portrait
1970 Original poster, printed in lithograph by Mourlot. Ed. Kennedy Graphics, New York. Alex Katz Prints n°31
Lithograph poster de Katz Alex : Alex, self-portrait
Alex, self-portrait
1970 Original poster, printed in lithograph by Mourlot. Ed. Kennedy Graphics, New York. Alex Katz Prints n°31
Original signed woodcut de Katz Alex : Camp
Camp
1990 Original woodcut, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the portfolio "Carnegie Hall Centennial". Carnegie Hall Development Ed. New-York. Schröder, Albertina, n°234
Signed print de Katz Alex : Sasha
Sasha
2016 Archival pigment print, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Katz Alex : Caroline
Caroline
1977 Original lithograph in 3 colours, signed in pencil by the artist. Co-published by Brooke Alexander and Marlborough Graphics, New York. Maravell n°92
Original signed etching de Katz Alex : Light as air, Plate II
Light as air, Plate...
1985-89 Original soft ground etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the portfolio "Light as air". Ed. Aldo Crommelynck, Paris,... Vivien-Bittencourt-Katz n°219
Original signed etching de Katz Alex : Light as air, Plate III
Light as air, Plate...
1985-89 Original soft ground etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the portfolio "Light as air". Ed. Aldo Crommelynck, Paris,... Vivien-Bittencourt-Katz n°220
Original signed etching de Katz Alex : Light as air, Plate IV
Light as air, Plate...
1985-89 Original soft ground etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the portfolio "Light as air". Ed. Aldo Crommelynck, Paris,... Vivien-Bittencourt-Katz n°221
Original signed etching de Katz Alex : Light as air, Plate VI
Light as air, Plate...
1985-89 Original soft ground etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the portfolio "Light as air". Ed. Aldo Crommelynck, Paris,... Vivien-Bittencourt-Katz n°223
Original signed etching de Katz Alex : Light as air, Plate IX
Light as air, Plate...
1985-89 Original soft ground etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the portfolio "Light as air". Ed. Aldo Crommelynck, Paris,... Vivien-Bittencourt-Katz n°226
Original signed etching de Katz Alex : Light as air, Plate X
Light as air, Plate...
1985-89 Original soft ground etching and aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the portfolio "Light as air". Ed. Aldo Crommelynck, Paris,... Vivien-Bittencourt-Katz n°227
Original screenprint de Katz Alex : Ada
Ada
1994 Original screenprint, signed in pencil.Editions de la Tempête, Paris. unknown

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
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Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Alex Katz », Ann Beattie, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1987
  • « Alex Katz », I. Sandler, Abrams, New York, 1991
  • « Alex Katz, 25 years of painting », Cornerhouse, London, 1998
  • « Alex Katz », cat. d’expo., S. Alpers, Pace Wildenstein, New York, 2001
  • « Alex Katz : Cutouts », Carter Ratcliff, Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2003
  • « Alex Katz : Faces and Names », L. Cerizza, coll.Monographies, Ed. JRP, 2008
  • « Alex Katz  - Reflections », A. Fiz, cat. d'expo., Electa Ed., 2009
  • « Alex Katz & Félix Vallotton », B. Fibicher, 5 Continents Ed., Milan, 2013
  • « Alex Katz », C. Ratcliff, I. Blazwick, Phaidon Press Publisher, 2014
  • « Katz », E. Cucchi et Vincent Katz, Ed. Nero, 2017
To read from the artist :
  • « Selfportraits of Alex Katz », J.W. Coffey, Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1990
  • « A. Katz Interviews », S. Zaech, coll. ShushLarry, Ed. Art&fiction, Lausanne, 2017
Website :
www.alexkatz.com

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Mouvements de l'art

  • + POP'ART / 1955-1970 / Pauline Boty, Sigmar Polke, Romero Britto, Tom Wesselmann, etc.
All art movements

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