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Alex Katz — Yellow House
Alex Katz — Yellow House
Alex Katz

Yellow House

2004

A luminous yellow structure nestled against a massive tree dominates this composition, its geometric form and warm hue creating striking contrast against the deep green landscape. The painting employs bold, flattened color fields and simplified forms characteristic of contemporary representational work, with the building's single window and angled roof rendered in direct, unmodulated strokes. Dappled light filters through the tree's foliage, suggested through loose gestural marks that enliven the upper portion of the canvas. The artist's signature approach to landscape painting emphasizes the interplay between architectural presence and natural environment, rendered in oil with a clarity and directness that bridges Pop sensibility and American landscape tradition. The work captures a moment of quiet isolation, celebrating the modest beauty of rural or suburban domestic space.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Overall
Location
Pace Gallery, New York, NY

Notes

Pace Gallery solo presentation at TEFAF New York 2026, Booth 340, May 15–19, 2026, Park Avenue Armory, New York. Pace inventory ref: 36575.

For Sale — $1500000

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Alex Katz, Yellow House, 2004

A luminous yellow structure nestled against a massive tree dominates this composition, its geometric form and warm hue creating striking contrast against the deep green landscape. The painting employs bold, flattened color fields and simplified forms characteristic of contemporary representational work, with the building's single window and angled roof rendered in direct, unmodulated strokes. Dappled light filters through the tree's foliage, suggested through loose gestural marks that enliven the upper portion of the canvas. The artist's signature approach to landscape painting emphasizes the interplay between architectural presence and natural environment, rendered in oil with a clarity and directness that bridges Pop sensibility and American landscape tradition. The work captures a moment of quiet isolation, celebrating the modest beauty of rural or suburban domestic space.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 195.6 x 175.3 cm
Year
2004
Seen at
Pace Gallery, New York, USA

Related themes

Flattened Forms, Representational Art, Green, Architectural Subject, Rural Architecture, Geometric Composition, Post War American, Pastoral Theme, Canvas, Domestic Space, Color Field, Contemporary Landscape, Figuration, Oil Painting, Nature, Pop Influence, American Art, Light and Shadow, Large Scale, Yellow

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Sebastián In Situ, Jim Arnone, Carolyn Lynx, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Alex Capecelatro, Sebastián Naranjo, John McNally, Kylie Cohen