Orange Hat exemplifies Alex Katz's signature approach to contemporary portraiture through the elegant economy of his screenprint technique. Created in 1990, this work captures the essence of his celebrated subjects Ada and Alex with remarkable immediacy, using bold fields of color and simplified forms that transform the intimate into the monumental. The composition's horizontal orientation emphasizes the graphic strength of Katz's vision, where the titular orange hat becomes as much a structural element of the composition as a fashion detail, anchoring the viewer's gaze while the surrounding color planes create a sense of psychological presence that defies the work's apparent simplicity. This print belongs to Katz's distinguished body of screenprinted works, a medium through which the artist achieved a distinctive dialogue between fine art and commercial printing techniques. The edition of 150 speaks to Katz's democratic approach to art making, one that prioritizes accessibility without sacrificing sophistication or conceptual rigor. In the context of his career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s and beyond, Orange Hat demonstrates the artist's undiminished commitment to capturing the particular character of his subjects through a refined visual language that has influenced generations of contemporary painters and printmakers.