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Alex Katz: Repetitions

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Dates

A painting by Alex Katz titled 'Double Portrait with Frames,' oil on canvas, 1995.
A painting by Alex Katz of building windows at night.

Selected Works

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A painting by Alex Katz of wildflowers on a white background.

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A brown monochrome painting by Alex Katz of a forest from a slightly elevated perspective with dappled light.

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A painting by Alex Katz of a white canoe in still water.

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A painting of multiple views of Allen Ginsberg by Alex Katz.

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A detail of a piece by Alex Katz that depicts seven small portraits of people attached to metal wires.

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An orange woodcut depicting two people in a tender pose.

Installation Views

  • Spacious gallery with three large landscape paintings in dark, rust, and teal tones respectively.
  • Grey textured gallery wall with group of three floral paintings, each a different dimension but with a consistent soft pastel color palette.
  • Large paintings on adjacent walls: one of a group of four women walking arm in arm outdoors, the other depicting five panels, each with one male and one female figure.
  • Framed painting of a seated figure and its mirror image.
  • Gallery with group of four large scale figurative paintings displayed across three walls.
  • Row of seven figurative sculptures on metal rods beside a large portrait painting with an orange background.
  • Four small framed portrait illustrations evenly spaced on a textured gray wall above a polished wooden floor.
  • Reading table with books and chairs placed centrally in a gallery space, surrounded by small framed works hung in a linear arrangement on textured gray walls.
  • Doorway to Schupf Wing gallery with a large painting of a canoe and its reflection in still water to the left. Figurative paintings are visible through the doorway.

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alex Katz: Repetitions, The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Luc Demers