ID 1472398
Lot 54 | ALEX KATZ (B. 1927)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 800 000
Kym 2
signed and dated 'Alex Katz 90' (on the overlap)
oil on linen
40 x 129 7/8in. (101.5 x 330cm.)
Painted in 1989-1990
Provenance
Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Modena.
Alessandro Grassi Collection, Italy (acquired from the above in 1990).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
S. Hunter, Alex Katz, New York 1992, p. 128, no. 97 (titled 'Kim II'; illustrated in colour, pp. 108-109).
A. Bonito Oliva and M. C. Mundici, Collezione privata, Milan 1993, p. 299 (titled 'Kim II'; illustrated in colour, pp. 234-235).
Exhibited
Modena, Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Alex Katz, 1990 (titled 'Kim II'; illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Prato, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Codice Colore. Opere dalla collezione di Alessandro Grassi, 2018 (titled 'Kim II'; installation view from the house illustrated, p. 8; installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 10-11; illustrated in colour, pp. 228-229).
| Artist: | Alex Katz (1927) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Alex Katz (1927) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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