ALEX KATZ "JENNIFER (& MATHIEU)", 1986PRICE ON REQUEST Alex Katz (b. 1927) has been dedicated to art making since the 1950's however, it wasn't until the 60's when he established his signature 'flat' figurative style. Over the succeeding decades, Katz kept the tradition of figurative painting alive as it had gone out of style. Katz began painting party scenes, with a goal to "make a gesture for our time." Depicting embraces, gossiping, drinking, smoking and posing, the compositions were

Many works

moving across the composition in a synesthetic interplay of color and sound

"Noguchi's Okinawa Woodpecker"

"Le Sablier 3"

No detail is unintentional

Rene Ricard

9"H 7"W (work)

The paint lines are thick

"Rose Window" is a striking example from this era

For another great example of a Pachter multiple from the 1960's take a look at "Rooster"

stripped of colour and downsized

currant red and lemon yellow