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Alex Katz
American, born 1927
From the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, Spirit of Independence
Alex Katz's work aligns closely with the New Realist movement, a version of Pop that focused on the figure. Katz's figurative images based on friends and family members, who he generalized and flattened in a blend of real and artificial, fit into the New Realists' ideas of a taking an objective approach to render their subjects as they appeared in real life.
Rather than creating a portrait filled with emotion, Katz focuses on light, color, and scale to create portraits that become archetypes. For instance, in his depiction of George Washington from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence, Katz portrays the iconic figure that many consider the father of our nation—yet there is little to identify the sitter other than the title of the print.
American, born 1927
Washington
1974–1975From the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio, Spirit of Independence
Object Type:
Print
Dimensions:
20 in. x 40 in. (50.8 cm x 101.6 cm)
Medium and Support:
Lithograph on paper
Accession Number:
1976.0157
Credit Line:
Gift of Lorillard, a Division of Loews Theatres, Inc.
Copyright:
© Alex Katz / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz's work aligns closely with the New Realist movement, a version of Pop that focused on the figure. Katz's figurative images based on friends and family members, who he generalized and flattened in a blend of real and artificial, fit into the New Realists' ideas of a taking an objective approach to render their subjects as they appeared in real life.
Rather than creating a portrait filled with emotion, Katz focuses on light, color, and scale to create portraits that become archetypes. For instance, in his depiction of George Washington from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence, Katz portrays the iconic figure that many consider the father of our nation—yet there is little to identify the sitter other than the title of the print.
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