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Alex Katz — Maria 2
Alex Katz

Maria 2

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.

Medium
Aquatint in colors, on Copperplate paper, with full margins,

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Evening & Day Editions

April 28, 2014

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Alex Katz, Maria 2

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.

Medium
Aquatint in colors, on Copperplate paper, with full margins,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Clean Lines, Color, Minimalist, American, Portrait, Pop art influenced, Modern, Figurative, Contemporary, Aquatint

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Collected by

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