Alex Katz’s White Lilies 3 (2025) exemplifies the artist’s remarkable ability to transform a single floral subject into a monumental and contemporary visual statement. Executed as a silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP paper, the work reflects Katz’s signature balance of elegance, reduction, and immediacy that has defined his practice for more than six decades.

In White Lilies 3, Katz isolates a single lily against a luminous pale aqua background, allowing the flower to dominate the composition with both grace and presence. The dramatically cropped image creates an almost cinematic intimacy, drawing the viewer into the delicate curvature of the petals and the fluid movement of the stem. Through simplified forms and restrained color, Katz captures not botanical detail, but the sensation and atmosphere of observing the flower in a fleeting moment of light.

What makes this composition particularly compelling is its balance between monumentality and serenity. The oversized scale elevates the traditional floral subject into something iconic and immersive, while Katz’s minimal visual language preserves a sense of calm sophistication. The soft tonal transitions and gestural contours reveal the artist’s extraordinary confidence — every line and shape distilled to its essential form.

Created in 2025, Alex Katz’s White Lilies 3, is a silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford High White HP 425 gsm fine art paper is hand-signed by Alex Katz (Brooklyn, 1927 - ) numbered from the edition of 50. White Lilies 3 belongs to an important recent series of floral works that continue to demonstrate Katz’s relevance as one of the most influential living American artists. His flower compositions have become increasingly sought after among collectors for their timeless modernity, decorative beauty, and museum-scale presence.

The edition is limited to only 50 impressions, each hand-signed by Alex Katz. Combining rarity, scale, and exceptional visual refinement, White Lilies 3 represents an outstanding opportunity to acquire a significant contemporary print by a master of postwar American art.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Alex Katz, White Lilies 3, 2025 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).

1. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Alex Katz, White Lilies 3, 2025 is presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.