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Ada & Alex

Ada & Alex

© Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Ada & Alex
Ada & Alex
ArtistAmerican, born 1927
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ada & Alex
Date1980
MediumCharcoal with pouncing and pigment on paper
Dimensions60 5/8 × 72 in. (154 × 182.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist in honor of Barry Walker
Object number2007.104
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Alex Katz," University of Southern Florida, Contemporary Art Museum (USF CAM), 2005.

"Size Matters: Large-Scale Drawings from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Foundation Gallery, March 4-May 27, 2007.

"Me. My. Self. Eye. ; Modern and Contemporary Self-Portraits from the MFAH Department of Prints and Drawings," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Lower Brown Corridor, May 17-September 20, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil recto lower left: "Alex Katz"

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