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Four People

1953–54

Alex Katz

(American, b. 1927)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on Masonite
Measurements
Unframed: 60.9 x 60.9 cm (24 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the artist 1991.310
Copyright
© Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

The artist routinely wears gloves while painting to keep his hands clean.

Description

Alex Katz's early paintings, including Four People, were based on amateur snapshots he collected from family and friends.
A square oil painting on Masonite depicts four featureless figures with light skin tones standing on snowy ground. From our left, a woman in a black coat stands beside a person in a gray dress and taupe coat. A man in a tan coat and blue pants stands beside another in a brown coat. Behind them is a dark green forest and a white clapboard building with sketched windows on our right.

Four People

1953–54

Alex Katz

(American, b. 1927)
America

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