Artist Monograph

Alex Katz, American

American, born 1927

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Etching 59 38.1%
Other Media 27 17.4%
Woodcut 22 14.2%
Printmaking 11 7.1%
Screenprint 10 6.5%
Oil Painting 9 5.8%
Drawing 8 5.2%
Lithography 6 3.9%

Alex Katz’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Etching (11,076 total works in this medium by 1,169 artists), with secondary engagement in Other Media, Woodcut, Printmaking, Screenprint, Oil Painting, Drawing, Lithography.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Drawings & Prints14593.5%
Painting & Sculpture95.8%
Architecture & Design10.6%

Production by Decade

1
0s
1
1940s
2
1950s
15
1960s
30
1970s
32
1980s
4
1990s
54
2000s
16
2010s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 105
  • Print — 25
  • Drawing — 14
  • Painting — 8
  • Sculpture — 1
  • Periodical — 1
  • Design — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19672
19681
19691
19751
19761
19772
19783
197918
19801
19814
19831
19841
19852
198622
19871
19881
19892
19902
19913
19931
19943
19952
19983
20041
20052

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas