ALEX KATZ | VINCENT

Benjamin Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia 

Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1995

Since the 1950s, Alex Katz has been renowned for his cool, flattened depictions of figures, landscapes, and interiors. Vincent, depicting the artist’s son, represents a classic example of Katz’s series of Cut Outs, life-size iterations of his family and friends that underscore his career-long dedication to figurative realism and formal arrangement. Similar works reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.