Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Alex Katz, "Here's to You", 1962- $162,500

Oil on Masonite panel Signed and dated upper right; retains Thibaut Gallery label verso; retains “In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O’Hara and American Art” and “Alex Katz: Small Paintings” exhibition labels verso; bears the inscription “#12” in red ink verso The subject of this painting is Joe LeSueur, friend and on-and-off lover to Frank O'Hara. Both LeSueur and O'Hara were close friends of Jack Larson and James Bridges Together with two books Masonite: 23.875" x 32"; Frame: 24.5" x 32.5" Provenance: Jack Larson and James Bridges, Los Angeles, California Exhibited: “Alex Katz,” Thibaut Gallery, New York, February 12-March 9, 1963; “In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O’Hara and American Art,” traveling exhibition, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, July 11-November 14, 1999; the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, January 28-April 16, 2000; the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, June 11-July 30, 2000; “Alex Katz: Small Paintings,” traveling exhibition, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, April 7-July 31, 2001; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 21, 2001-January 4, 2002; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, March 22-June 2, 2002 Illustrated: In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O’Hara and American Art. R. Ferguson. 1999. 95.; Alex Katz: Small Paintings. A. Weinberg, et al. 2001. 82. Estimate: $80,000–120,000