Nessia

Alex Katz's *Nessia* is a striking oil on board painting that exemplifies the artist's signature style of bold, flat planes of color and clean, graphic lines. The work features a close-cropped portrait rendered with Katz's characteristic economy of detail, distilling his subject into elegant, simplified forms that balance intimacy with a cool detachment. The smooth surface of the board enhances the crisp, poster-like quality that has defined Katz's approach to figurative painting throughout his celebrated career.