Alex Katz

Large Head of Ada
1972–1973

A pencil sketch of a woman in profile with detailed shading and fine lines depicting her facial features and hair. The artwork is monochromatic, using various shades of gray on a light background, and there's a signature at the bottom left corner.
A pencil sketch of a woman in profile with detailed shading and fine lines depicting her facial features and hair. The artwork is monochromatic, using various shades of gray on a light background, and there's a signature at the bottom left corner.

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Date
1972–1973

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 39 13/16in. (38.3 × 101.1 cm)

Accession number
74.35

Edition
4/44 | 11 APs, PP

Publication
Printed by Hitoshi Nakazato; published by Brooke Alexander, Inc.; published by Marlborough Graphics

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Paul J. Schupf in honor of John I. H. Baur

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

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Alex Katz
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