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Woods

1993

Alex Katz

Associated Names

Alex Katz

Artist, American, born 1927

Doris Simmelink

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions

Publisher

The image shows an array of irregular patches and brushstroke shapes scattered across the canvas. Blotches of white, yellow, and various green hues intermingle against a dark green background. The random distribution of colors and shapes suggests movement and depth.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color aquatint on Somerset Satin wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Fine in memory of Irvin and Miriam Brown Fine
Dimensions

sheet: 105.41 × 80.33 cm (41 1/2 × 31 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2004.14.2
Catalogue Raisonné

Schröder 2011, no. 279

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth E. Fine, Takoma Park, Maryland; acquired 2004 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Fine, Ruth

Bibliography

2011

Schröder, Klaus Albrecht, ed. Alex Katz, Prints: Catalogue Raisonné, 1947-2011. Ostfilden, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2011, p. 193, no. 279.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Alex Katz

Wikidata ID

Q76335474

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