Untitled

1975

Alex Katz

Associated Names
Alex Katz

Artist, American, born 1927

The image is a sketch of a person's head and shoulders, shown in profile facing to the right. The facial features are delicately shaded with pencil, and the hair is medium length with a slight wave. The clothing details are not shown. The background is plain, and the sketch is signed by the artist with the year '75 in the bottom right corner.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Marlborough Gallery, New York); The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 235, no. 1571.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Alex Katz 75; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 217

Wikidata ID

Q64534087

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