Alex Katz
American, born 1927
"Wet Night" - 1996
Oil on canvas
Apparently unsigned, titled to stretcher, gallery label for PaceWildenstein, New York, NY, and exhibition labels for Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, and The Institute for Contemporary Art PS1 Museum, Long Island City, NY, to stretcher (both with incorrect date). Framed.

"Wet Night" is characteristic of Katz's mid-1990s landscapes that often include leafless winter branches against a muted sky. While most of Katz’s landscapes originate in Maine, where the artist has spent every summer since the 1950s, this piece stands out amongst Katz’s oeuvre as a work depicting New York’s Central Park.

Note: The documentation that accompanies this Lot includes paperwork on the 2000 purchase from PaceWildenstein and the work's inclusion in the 2015 exhibition "Alex Katz, This is Now" at the High Museum of Art.
Canvas: 72 x 96 1/8 in. (182.9 x 244.2 cm.), Frame: 73 1/8 x 97 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (185.7 x 247.3 x 5.7 cm.)

Provenance: From the Estate of Barbara and Sanford Orkin, Atlanta, GA, acquired in 2000 from PaceWildenstein, New York, NY; the artist.

Exhibitions: "Alex Katz. This is Now", High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, June 21-September 6, 2015, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain, October 23, 2015-February 7, 2016.; "Alex Katz", Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, November 21, 1999-January 16, 2000, illustrated in catalogue, no. 150, pgs. 18 and 205 (upside down and flipped, incorrectly dated 1995).; "Alex Katz Under the Stars: American Landscapes 1951-1995", Institute for Contemporary Art/PS1 Museum, New York, NY, April 26-June 21, 1998.; "Alex Katz: Recent Paintings", Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, April 17-May 11, 1996, illustrated in catalogue, pg. 4 (upside down and incorrectly dated 1995).

Literature: Michael Rooks, Margaret Graham, David Salle, et al., "Alex Katz, This is Now", New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015, pgs. 76-77, illustrated, plate no. 17 (upside down).; Vittoria Coen et al., "Alex Katz", Turin Hopefulmonster and Trento: Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, 1999, no. 150, pgs. 18 and 205, illustrated (upside down and flipped, incorrectly dated 1995).; Simon Schama, et al., "Alex Katz Under the Stars: American Landscapes 1951-1995", New York: Institute for Contemporary Art/PS1 Museum, 1996, pg. 60, illustrated (upside down and incorrectly dated 1995).

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