Alex Katz

Green Shoes
1987

A painting featuring abstract shapes with a dominant orange swath that could be interpreted as a simplified, stylized representation of a landscape or figure, set against a pale background with visible brushstrokes. The top right corner contains a signature and the year '87.

A painting featuring abstract shapes with a dominant orange swath that could be interpreted as a simplified, stylized representation of a landscape or figure, set against a pale background with visible brushstrokes. The top right corner contains a signature and the year '87.

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Date
1987

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on composition board

Dimensions
Overall: 11 13/16 × 15 15/16in. (30 × 40.5 cm)

Accession number
97.44.7

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Exhibitions

Alex Katz: Small Paintings

Sept 21–Dec 2, 2001

Alex Katz
81 works in the collection

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