Alex Katz
(born in Brooklyn/New York in 1927)
Peony Incarnation II, Pansy with Aqua, Pansies (3 parts), each signed, dated Alex Katz 00, oil on board, each 22.9 x 30.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Peter Blum, New York (gallery label on all three parts)
“The world is as it seems...
Depth hides itself. Where?
On the surface.”
Alex Katz, Small Paintings
For Alex Katz, light is a fundamental building block: he surrounds the theme with a light aura and uses a dark shadow in other locations to add contour. Alex Katz paints light and moments with impressionist perception.
This series of works was started as early as the 1950s, and is distinguished by small gestures that can get by without a lot of interpretation. The overall impression of the work counts: its effect unfolds itself both in direct proximity and from a greater distance.
Natural beauty, a subject that has been mocked for years, is combined with the inconspicuous snapshot of a moment, and charmingly transferred into the permanence of his paintings.
Specialist: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de
27.11.2019 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 80,000.- to EUR 100,000.-
Alex Katz
(born in Brooklyn/New York in 1927)
Peony Incarnation II, Pansy with Aqua, Pansies (3 parts), each signed, dated Alex Katz 00, oil on board, each 22.9 x 30.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Peter Blum, New York (gallery label on all three parts)
“The world is as it seems...
Depth hides itself. Where?
On the surface.”
Alex Katz, Small Paintings
For Alex Katz, light is a fundamental building block: he surrounds the theme with a light aura and uses a dark shadow in other locations to add contour. Alex Katz paints light and moments with impressionist perception.
This series of works was started as early as the 1950s, and is distinguished by small gestures that can get by without a lot of interpretation. The overall impression of the work counts: its effect unfolds itself both in direct proximity and from a greater distance.
Natural beauty, a subject that has been mocked for years, is combined with the inconspicuous snapshot of a moment, and charmingly transferred into the permanence of his paintings.
Specialist: Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
Dr. Petra Maria Schäpers
petra.schaepers@dorotheum.de
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.11.2019 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 16.11. - 27.11.2019 |