Alex Katz

Ada in the Water
1958

A simplistic collage on paper featuring a stylized figure of a woman standing in a desert-like landscape with a range of mountains in the background. The woman is depicted with black hair, a blue top, and a pink skirt, with her arms crossed. The artwork has a minimalistic and abstract feel, with visible paper textures and cut-out shapes for the figure and mountains. There are some scattered white shapes around the figure's feet, possibly representing rocks or other objects on the ground. The top right corner of the image contains handwritten text, possibly a signature or date.

A simplistic collage on paper featuring a stylized figure of a woman standing in a desert-like landscape with a range of mountains in the background. The woman is depicted with black hair, a blue top, and a pink skirt, with her arms crossed. The artwork has a minimalistic and abstract feel, with visible paper textures and cut-out shapes for the figure and mountains. There are some scattered white shapes around the figure's feet, possibly representing rocks or other objects on the ground. The top right corner of the image contains handwritten text, possibly a signature or date.

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Date
1958

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Paper collage and colored ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 × 8 1/16in. (12.7 × 20.5 cm)

Accession number
86.58

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Alice and Leo Yamin

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

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Shaping a Collection: Five Decades of Gifts

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