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John Godfrey, from Face of the Poet

A work made of color aquatint on white wove paper.
Art © Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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  • A work made of color aquatint on white wove paper.

Date:

1978

Artist:

Alex Katz (American, born 1927)
printed by Prawat Laucheron
published by Brooke Alexander, Inc. and Marlborough Graphics, Inc.

About this artwork

The career of Alex Katz has spanned more than sixty years and has included prints in nearly every media. His signature style—flattened, cropped portraits of his family and friends that explore scale, light, color, form, and composition—is clearly evident in Face of the Poet, a portfolio of fourteen color aquatints. Katz asked his poet friends to contribute their own work to the project and the result is a reflection of contemporary life in New York.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Alex Katz

Title

John Godfrey, from Face of the Poet

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1978

Medium

Color aquatint on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image, plate: 15.1 × 14.7 cm (6 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36.8 × 48.3 cm (14 1/2 × 19 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Henry M. Huxley Fund Income

Reference Number

1979.127.3

Copyright

Art © Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Extended information about this artwork

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