Alex Katz: Collaborations with Poets

Book covers, artist's books, portfolios and more spanning Katz's seven decades of collaborating with poets--from Frank O'Hara to Alice Notley

Ruminating on his long and extensive interactions with American poets, Alex Katz (born 1937) recently stated that the "poetry scene in New York turned out to be a big event" in the late 1950s and 1960s. This volume surveys his numerous collaborations with writers of the New York School and beyond. It reproduces covers and images from his book collabora...