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36. * # ALEX KATZ (b. 1927)
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36
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36. * # ALEX KATZ (b. 1927)
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
36. * # ALEX KATZ (b. 1927)
Give Me Tomorrow, 1983/84
(Cantz, 166–178)
Unmounted (457 x 394), complete portfolio comprising 13 soft-ground etchings and aquatints on Hahnemühle paper
Each signed and proofed AP 9/10 in pencil (edition of 40 numbered prints)
Published by the artist and Marlborough Graphics, New York
Printed by Aldo Crommelynck, Paris
Signed and numbered on the colophon page
Presented in its original grey linen slipcase
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the current owner
*Give Me Tomorrow* is a portfolio created by Alex Katz in 1983 and published in 1984. It comprises thirteen prints based on thirteen drawings by the artist, accompanied by texts by Carter Ratcliff written between 1975 and 1978. The compositions were drawn by Katz onto copper plates in 1983. The prints are executed in soft ground and aquatint on 300 g Hahnemühle paper. The portfolio comprises thirty-six sheets, including the prints, the texts, the title page and the colophon, bound together in a box. The edition comprises 40 copies, 10 artist’s proofs and printer’s proofs. The prints are signed and numbered in pencil in the bottom left-hand corner and on the colophon.
Including: Alain (C. 166); Alexandra (C. 167); Annabel (C. 168); Serena (C. 169); Cynthia (C. 170); Francis (C. 171); Jayne Anne (C. 172); Julian (C. 173); Mac (C. 174); Nabil (C. 175); Ron (C. 176); Rudy (C. 177); Vicki (C. 178).
See original version (French)
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