Alex Katz

Sunset: Lake Wesserunsett I
1972

A minimalist landscape artwork featuring layered horizontal bands of muted colors representing the sky, with a dark band suggesting a distant treeline. A pale sun hangs low on the horizon, casting a long, narrow reflection across a body of water. The image has a calm, serene atmosphere and uses simple shapes and a limited color palette.
A minimalist landscape artwork featuring layered horizontal bands of muted colors representing the sky, with a dark band suggesting a distant treeline. A pale sun hangs low on the horizon, casting a long, narrow reflection across a body of water. The image has a calm, serene atmosphere and uses simple shapes and a limited color palette.

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Date
1972

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 39 7/8 × 35 15/16in. (101.3 × 91.3 cm)

Accession number
2015.120

Edition
6/60 | AP, PP

Publication
Printed by Chiron Press Inc.; published by Brooke Alexander, Inc.; published by Marlborough Graphics

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Robert W. Wilson

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

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