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    Post War and Contemporary Art Morning Session

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    16 November 2006

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    • Alex Katz (b. 1927)
    Lot 205

    Alex Katz (b. 1927)

    Sephronius

    Price realised

    USD 102,000

    Estimate

    USD 80,000 - USD 120,000

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    Alex Katz (b. 1927)
    Sephronius
    signed 'Alex Katz' (upper right)
    oil on canvas
    34 x 40 in. (86.4 x 101.6 cm.)
    Painted in 1961.

    Provenance

    Tom Tavelli Gallery, Aspen
    Stefan Edlis, Chicago

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    M. Stout, "Cool for Katz," Vanity Fair, March 1986 (illustrated in color).
    Parkett: Collaborations Alex Katz, New York, September 1989, no. 21, p. 28.


    Exhibited

    New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Alex Katz from the Early 60s, October 1987 (illustrated in color).


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