Lot Essay
"The optical element is the most important thing to me. That the paintings actually have to do with seeing. It has to do not with what it means but how it appears." – Alex Katz
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Property from the Collection of Mary and Robert Carswell
Alex Katz (b. 1927)
Marsh Lilies
Details
Alex Katz (b. 1927)
Marsh Lilies
incised with the artist's signature and date 'Alex Katz 67' (upper left)
oil on linen
36 1/8 x 41 7/8 in. (91.8 x 106.4 cm.)
Painted in 1967.
Marsh Lilies
incised with the artist's signature and date 'Alex Katz 67' (upper left)
oil on linen
36 1/8 x 41 7/8 in. (91.8 x 106.4 cm.)
Painted in 1967.
Provenance
Fischbach Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1968
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1968
Brought to you by
Kathryn Widing