227 - Pas de Deux I (David Salle and Janet Leonard), 1994

"Pas de Deux I (David Salle and Janet Leonard)" is a serigraph created by Alex Katz in 1994 for his "Pas de Deux" series. From the edition of 150, the artwork is signed 'Alex Katz' and annotated lower left. The artwork is framed in a contemporary black frame and has a framed size of 47.5 x 31.5". The artwork ships framed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. The images in the series are based on the artist’s monumental oil painting of the same name from 1983, now held by the Colby College Museum of Art in Maine. The "Pas de Deux" series depicts five ‘power’ couples from the 1980s art world. In each couple, the women are wearing coats by the famous designer Norma Kamali while the men are in sharply tailored suits. The emphasis is on style with Katz’s trademark ‘cool’ obliterating any clues to meaning. Katz noted the importance of style over substance in his artistic expression stating, “Style and appearance are the things I’m more concerned about than what something means