Oil, color pencil and pencil on paper, 1966. 227x287 mm; 9x11 1/4 inches. Signed in pencil, lower left recto.
Katz's (b. 1927) study for the same-titled color screenprint and color screenprint poster (see below). According to the artist, "The Rowboat image comes out of a collage. Next I did a painting of it and then by doing a print, this image was almost back into a collage," (Maravell, Alex Katz, The Complete Prints, New York, 1983, catalogue number 14).
With--Rowboat, color screenprint on rose-toned wove paper, 1966. 265x331 mm; 10 1/2x13 1/8 inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 500. Signed and dedicated "For Steve--Alex" in pencil, lower left * Rowboat Poster, color screenprint on rose-toned wove paper, 1966. 545x343 mm; 21 1/2x13 1/2 inches (sheet), full margins. Edition of approximately 500. Both printed by Stephen Poleskie, Chiron Press, New York. Both published by Fischbach Gallery, New. Very good impressions. Maravell 14 and 15
Each ex-collection Stephen Poleskie, Chiron Press, New York.
