Alex Katz

Two screenprints in colors, 1990, each signed in pencil and numbered 122/150 (total edition includes 30 artist's proofs), each from the Alex and Ada, the 1960s to the 1980s portfolio, each on Arches Roll Stock Rag paper, the ink-stamp of the printer Styria Studios, Inc., New York on the verso, published by Gaultney-Klineman Art, New York (2 prints)

Alex Katz, Self-Portrait (Passing): The full sheet printed to the edges, in good condition apart from two bends in the top left and right corners. (Minor imperfections include an occasional scuff vertical mark and soft handling crease, each visible in raking light.) Two adhesive stains on the top sheet edge, presumably from a prior hinging, and occasional surface soiling appear on the verso. Ada with Sun Glasses: The full sheet printed to the edges, in good condition apart from creases in the bottom corners and the top left corner with hairline cracks in the ink. (Minor imperfections include several nicks to the left sheet edge and unobtrusive two handling creases with minor ink loss.) There is surface soiling on the verso and a stray pencil mark across the middle of the sheet.
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