By Alex Katz
Located in Zug, CH
Alex Katz, Harbor
Contemporary, 21st Century, Aquatint, Limited Edition, Alex Katz, Green
Harbor, 2006
Aquatint
Edition of 50 with Arabic numerals, 20 Roman numerals and 4 artist's proofs
50 x 59 cm (19.6 x 23.5 in.)
Signed and numbered
In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher
Cartiere Magnani Corona 400 g paper
Printed by Giancarlo Sardella, Milano and Pesaro
Published by Galleria Fabjbasaglia, Rimini
PLEASE NOTE: Edition numbers could vary from the one shown in the images.
The pictures are only for illustrative reasons, the work is offered unframed.
Alex Katz has been painting portraits for nearly 50 years, synthesizing a kind of color field abstraction with realism. As the artist and his wife summered in the bucolic landscape of Maine, the landscape and wildlife has also become a trademark subject.
“I’m trying to show people how I see. I have an idea and then it becomes very empirical. I don’t think about it twice.” — Alex Katz
Harbor is among the many subjects of nature that have most recently captured the artist’s eye. The artwork is committed to the visualization of the moment, free from any narrative elements. The past and the future are irrelevant, as they are already inscribed in the immediate present which Katz tries to translate into the medium of painting.
ALEX KATZ
Alex Katz (American, born 1927) is the outstanding protagonist of figurative painting and one of our era's most acclaimed artists. In the late 1950s, the artist began to develop his mature style, characterized by elegance, simplicity, and stylized abstraction, which typifies his entire production. Alex Katz’s paintings...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Aquatint