Portraits of Ada in Museum Collections

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PORTRAITS OF ADA IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

  • Over more than six decades of marriage, Alex Katz has painted hundreds of portraits of his wife, Ada. The artist’s most famous subject, a number of these paintings reside in prestigious museum and institutional collections around the world.

    Rudy Burckhardt, Alex and Ada, 1958
    Courtesy Colby College Museum of Art
  • Alex Katz, Ada (Oval), 1959
    Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
    Art © 2020 Alex Katz
  • Alex Katz, The Black Dress, 1960
    Museum Brandhorst, Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen, Munich
    Art © 2020 Alex Katz
  • Alex Katz, Upside Down Ada, 1965
    Museum of Modern Art, New York
    Art © 2020 Alex Katz
  • Alex Katz, Black and Brown Blouse, 1976
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    Art © 2020 Alex Katz
  • Alex Katz, West Interior, 1979
    Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Art © 2020 Alex Katz
  • Alex Katz, Red Coat, 1982
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    Art © 2020 Alex Katz
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