Alex Katz

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Emden, Kunsthalle Emden, Film und Kunst-Storyboards, 2011

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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"It's a pleasure to look at Alex Katz's paintings, and at the people and places in them; the people can show a restrained kind of pleasure themselves, though they don't often look back at you. Instead they look aloof, sometimes through sunglasses, dressed for summer; we can try to enjoy their company, imagine ourselves moving carefully into the bright shapes and the hard light of their world."

Stephen Burt, 'Alex Katz: Pictures of Pleasure', in: The Guardian, 4 May 2012