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Alex Katz — Ada With Blue Hat
Alex Katz

Ada With Blue Hat

2004

This intimate portrait showcases Katz's mastery of printmaking techniques, combining etching and aquatint to capture his wife Ada in characteristic bold, simplified forms and vibrant color planes. The work exemplifies the artist's decades-long exploration of Ada as subject, rendered here with the same confident minimalism that defines his celebrated paintings.

Medium
Etching and aquatint in colors on Somerset
Dimensions
Edition
Edition of 75 of 75
Signed
Yes

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Alex Katz, Ada With Blue Hat, 2004

This intimate portrait showcases Katz's mastery of printmaking techniques, combining etching and aquatint to capture his wife Ada in characteristic bold, simplified forms and vibrant color planes. The work exemplifies the artist's decades-long exploration of Ada as subject, rendered here with the same confident minimalism that defines his celebrated paintings.

Medium
Etching and aquatint in colors on Somerset
Dimensions
85.09 x 170.18 cm
Year
2004
Edition
of 75
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Hamilton Selway, Los Angeles, CA

Related themes

Blue, Figure, Minimalist, American, Portrait, Etching and Aquatint, Elegant, Figurative, Profile, Contemporary

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Carolyn Lynx, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Alex Capecelatro, Sebastián Naranjo, John McNally