Monday, May 19, 2025

Alex Katz

Alex Katz
White Pine in Field
1954
oil on board
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York


Alex Katz
Richard Bellamy
1960
oil on linen
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
The Red Smile
1963
oil on linen
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Eli
1963
oil on linen
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Day Lily
1969
lithograph
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Homage to Frank O'Hara: William Dunas
1972
lithograph
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Large Head of Ada
1972-73
etching and aquatint
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Alex Katz
The Swimmer
1974
drypoint and aquatint
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Alex Katz
Susan
1976
screenprint
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Alex Katz
Place
1977
oil on linen
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Alice Notley
1978
color aquatint
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Ann Lauterbach
1978
color aquatint
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
West Window
1979
oil on board
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Alex Katz
Green Cap
1984
oil on board
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Green Shoes
1987
oil on board
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Black Scarf
1995
oil on canvas
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Alex Katz
Dark Reflections
1995
oil on canvas
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Bill 3
2017
oil on linen
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
Dancer 3
2019
stainless steel on bronze base
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Alex Katz
From the Bridge 2
2021
oil on linen
Portland Museum of Art, Maine

from Matinées

A gray maidservant lets me in
To Mrs. Livingstone's box. It's already begun!
The box is full of grown-ups. She sits me down
Beside her. Meanwhile a ravishing din

Swells from below – Scene One
Of Das Rheingold. The entire proscenium
Is covered with a rippling azure scrim.
The three sopranos dart hither and yon

On invisible strings. Cold lights
Cling to bare arms, fair tresses. Flat
And natural aglitter like paillettes
Upon the great green sonorous depths float

Until with pulsing wealth the house is filled,
No one believing, everybody thrilled. 

– James Merrill (1969)