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Alex Katz White Pine in Field 1954 oil on board Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Richard Bellamy 1960 oil on linen Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz The Red Smile 1963 oil on linen Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Eli 1963 oil on linen Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Day Lily 1969 lithograph Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Homage to Frank O'Hara: William Dunas 1972 lithograph Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Large Head of Ada 1972-73 etching and aquatint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Alex Katz The Swimmer 1974 drypoint and aquatint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Alex Katz Susan 1976 screenprint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Alex Katz Place 1977 oil on linen Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Alice Notley 1978 color aquatint Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Ann Lauterbach 1978 color aquatint Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz West Window 1979 oil on board Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Alex Katz Green Cap 1984 oil on board Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Green Shoes 1987 oil on board Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Black Scarf 1995 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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Alex Katz Dark Reflections 1995 oil on canvas Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Bill 3 2017 oil on linen Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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Alex Katz Dancer 3 2019 stainless steel on bronze base Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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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)