ALEX KATZ | THE RED BAND

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Auction Closed

October 29, 12:08 AM GMT

Estimate

1,800,000 - 2,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private European Collection

ALEX KATZ

b. 1927

THE RED BAND

oil on linen

78 by 144 in. 198.1 by 365.8 cm.

Executed in 1978.

Please refer to the digital catalogue for updated provenance. Please note this lot is subject to a guarantee and an irrevocable bid.

Marlborough Gallery, New York

Paul J. Schupf, New York (acquired from the above)

Charles Saatchi, London

Private Collection, New York

Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2005

Irving Sandler, Alex Katz, New York 1979, illustrated in color on the cover (dust jacket)

Exh. Cat., Hamilton, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Alex Katz: Process and Development, Small Paintings from the Collection of Paul J. Schupf '58, 1984, p. 25 (text)

Carter Ratcliff, Robert Storr, Iwona Blazwick and Barry Schwabsky, Eds., Alex Katz, New York 2005, p. 202 (text), and pp. 204-205, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., New York, The Jewish Museum, Alex Katz Paints Ada, 2006, p. 102 (text)

Exh. Cat., Calabria, Italy, Museo delle Arti di Catanzaro, Alex Katz: Reflections, April - September 2009, p. 26, illustrated in color (detail)

H. Harvard Aranson, Elizabeth Mansfield, Eds., History of Modern Art, New Jersey 2010, pp. 645-46, and 820 (text)