Picture "Blue Umbrella 1" (1979)
Picture "Blue Umbrella 1" (1979)
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limited, 120 copies | numbered | signed | lithograph on paper | framed | size 59 x 84 cm
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Picture "Blue Umbrella 1" (1979)
The limited edition "Blue Umbrella 1" by Alex Katz, limited to 120 copies, is based on the painting "Blue Umbrella I" from 1972, which was sold in 2019 for £3,375,000.
It depicts Alex Katz's wife, Ada, who is a central and recurring motif in his work. She is an eternal muse for the artist, whom he has painted over 200 times in his career.
"Blue Umbrella" is not only a timeless work of extraordinary beauty but also representative of his body of work due to its typical painting style and the classic motif of his wife, which is characteristic of Katz's oeuvre.
Original colour lithograph, 1979. Edition: 120 copies on paper, numbered and signed. Motif size/sheet size 51 x 77 cm. Size in frame 59 x 84 cm as shown.
About Alex Katz
Alex Katz (born in 1927 in New York) is considered one of the most important artists of our time. His large-format paintings are characterised by their simplified, colour-intensive style, which the artist developed in the 1950s in opposition to the prevailing Abstract Expressionism. Today they are almost synonymous with his work.
Important motifs in his œuvre are flowers. The intensive examination of simplified form, light reflection and colour composition is the artist's main focus, rather than specific statements.
Alex Katz has been honoured several times for his work, which is represented in numerous renowned collections, including the collection of the MoMA and the Whitney Museum in New York, the Tate Britain in London and the collection of the Museum Brandhorst in Munich.
The field of graphic arts, that includes artistic representations, which are reproduced by various printing techniques.
Printmaking techniques include woodcuts, copperplate engraving, etching, lithography, serigraphy.