A striking portrait by Alex Katz, *Maria 2* captures the artist's signature style of bold simplicity and elegant reduction, rendered through the nuanced tonal possibilities of color aquatint. The work presents a close-cropped female figure with flat, confident areas of color set against a clean background, reflecting Katz's long-standing dialogue with American modernism and pop sensibility. Printed on Copperplate paper with full margins, the piece demonstrates a refined balance between graphic precision and the subtle atmospheric texture that the aquatint process uniquely allows.