Alex Katz Prints: Catalogue Raisonné, 1947-2023

New expanded and updated edition

When Alex Katz (1927-) began his artistic career in the 1950s, Abstract Expressionism was the reigning style. Ahead of his time, he created stylized portraits against flat, monochrome backgrounds. From 1965 onwards, he embarked on a prolific career in printmaking, exhausting all its possibilities: from traditional craftsmanship to state-of-the-art reproduction techniques.

Before the rise of Pop Art, Alex Katz developed an iconic style of figurative painting in the early 1960s- influenced by film, television, and billboard advertising. Seemingly detached and incredibly stylish, he created portraits of the New York scene as well as idyllic landscapes.

Since the first edition of this catalogue raisonné in 2011, Katz has almost doubled his output of prints.This new edition includes the complete prints, cutout editions and artists' books by the American artist until 2023, and also lists his works of applied art like book illustrations and public art projects. New essays and interviews with the artist give profound insights into the work of one of the foremost American artists of the present.