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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 709 EAN: 9780714844077 ISBN: 0714844071 Label: Phaidon Press Manufacturer: Phaidon Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: April 18, 2006 Publisher: Phaidon Press Studio: Phaidon Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Alex Katz is a towering figure in contemporary painting, a key New York-based artist since the early 1960s. Katz was an independent figure during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and Pop when he first emerged -- and remains a unique, though highly influential figure to this day. Alex Katz is best known for his distinct portraits of sophisticated, irresistible women, masterfully painted using precise, broad areas of colour. Alongside these unmistakably Katzian female portraits are portraits of men, group portraits, landscapes and interiors rendered in painting, drawing, collage and metal cut-outs. All attest to the artists attention to detail, economy of means and consummate technique. Bigger-than-life paintings such as The Black Dress (1960), Blue Umbrella (1972), Red Coat (1982) and White Visor (2003) have entered the collective conscience as the epitome of a particular, late 20th century feminine ideal: icons of fashion, yet miraculously resilient to the prevailing fashions of contemporary art. 
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