Vivien
| Artist | Alex Katz (American, b. 1927) |
|---|---|
| Title | Vivien |
| Date | 2004 |
| Medium | Charcoal on paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 15 7/8 × 23 1/8 in. (40.3 × 58.7 cm) Framed: 23 × 30 5/16 × 1 3/4 in. (58.4 × 77 × 4.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alex Katz, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 2016.63 |
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A soft gray tonally shaded drawing of the head of a woman facing slightly to her right and wearing a scarf around her neck.
Alex Katz is recognized as a leading member of the new American realists, who re-embraced figurative art in the 1960s when Abstract Expressionism was the predominant style. Although representational, Katz’s work captures an abstracted stylization that recalls modern artists like Paul Cezanne and Juan Gris, as well as the cartoon-like simplicity of some of his Pop art contemporaries. Although his drawings—which often serve as studies for his large, colorful paintings—became softer as over time, they continue to display Katz’s clarity of observation and connection to his subjects. Many featured his family and friends as subjects, such as this image of his daughter-in-law Vivien Bittencourt.
2016, Gift to the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University from the artist, Alex Katz through Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
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"Vivien | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2016.63