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Portrait of Ada/Purple Series

Portrait of Ada/Purple Series

Artist/Maker (American, b. 1927)
Date1964
MediumOil on masonite
DimensionsOverall: 24 1/4 × 23 in. (61.6 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald Droll
Object number1971.59
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York ProvenanceDonald Droll [1927-1985] New York; by gift 1971 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Art Rental Collection, Oberlin, OH; transferred 1971 to permanent collection Exhibition History
Alex Katz Retrospective
  • Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (January 7, 1971 - February 7, 1971 )
  • University of California, San Diego (February 24, 1971 - April 14, 1971 )
  • Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul (July 16, 1971 - October 3, 1971 )
  • Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (November 10, 1971 - December 31, 1971 )
Saving Face: The Portrait
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 5, 1986 - September 28, 1986 )
Collecting the Vanguard: Art from 1900 to 1970
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 17, 2001 - June 2, 2002 )
Going Modern at the Allen: American Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1980
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 16, 2003 - July 27, 2004 )
Alex Katz: The Sixties
  • Pace Wildenstein, New York (April 28, 2006 - July 7, 2006 )
New Frontiers: American Art Since 1945
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 29, 2006 - December 23, 2006 )
Modern and Contemporary Realisms
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 6, 2013 - June 22, 2014 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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