TY - BOOK AU - Katz,Alex AU - Storr,Robert AU - Ratcliff,Carter AU - Blazwick,Iwona TI - Alex Katz T2 - Contemporary artists SN - 0714844071 AV - ND237.K33 K35 2005 U1 - 759.13 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - Phaidon KW - Katz, Alex, KW - Portrait painting KW - United States KW - Figurative painting, American KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252) and index; Interview : Robert Storr in conversation with Alex Katz -- Survey : Carter Ratcliff, The art of Alex Katz -- Focus : Iwona Blazwick, Sylvia -- Artist's choice : The New York school poets: Ron Padgett, A man saw a ball of gold, 1966, and Portrait of Alex for Alex, 1970; Ted Berrigan, Telegra, 1969, and A new old song, 1969; James Schuyler, Buried at springs, 1966, and Salute, 1951; Frank O'Hara, To the harbormaster, 1954, and Poem, 1954; Edwin Denby, Alex Katz paints his north window, c. 1960; Vincent Katz, Vivien, 1998, and London, again, 1998; Anne Waldman, Conglomeration of elegant tendencies, 2004 -- Artists writings : Untitled, 1959; Brand new and terrific, 1961; Jane Freilicher and Alex Katz: a dialogue (extract), 1964; Memoir (to Frank O'Hara), 1967; Artist's statement, 1977; Manners entice: a discussion with Francesco Clemente (extract), 1989; Alex Katz in conversation with Richard Prince (extract), 1991; Reading promotional art, 1993; Interview with David Sylvester, 1997; Starting out, 2002 ER -