Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making

Moos, David

ISBN 10: 0974611646 / ISBN 13: 9780974611648

Published by Windsor Press, USA, 2008

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Monor creas to top edge of French flap to dust jacket, else fine condition. Book fine and unmarked. 104pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making
• Publisher: Windsor Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974611646
• ISBN 13: 9780974611648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 21.59W x 26.67H x 1.91D centimeters 21.59 centimeters width by 26.67 centimeters height by 1.91 centimeters depth
• Weight: 794 grams

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Synopsis

Featuring a selection of 80 figurative works and landscapes in a wide range of materials and media including pencil, ink, oil stick and charcoal, drawings, prints and paintings, Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making demonstrates how the artist explores and elaborates the same image through diverse media. The volume reveals how Katz's repetitive method of working results in the distillation of form for which he is famous. Whether portraying a dancer at full stride or a secluded landscape seen at sunset, Katz's iconic stylization is the result of careful preparation, beginning with intuitive sketches, continuing with pencil drawings and large-format charcoal cartoons and concluding with completed canvases. A series of works from the mid-1980s entitled Last Look, after choreographer Paul Taylor's eponymous piece, evidences Katz's nuanced approach to human form and gesture. This volume offers a fascinating glimpse into the hard work that goes into making a Katz painting look effortless.