KATZ, Alex, (American, 1927-): Michigan Opera Theatre 76-77, Lithograph, 30'' X 22'', pencil signed lower left and dated '77, Styria Studio Blind Stamp lower right, unframed. Katz and his contemporaries, Al Held and Philip Pearlstein, influenced the popularity of New Realism in the 1970s. He subsidized himself by hand carving frames and designing stage sets and costumes for the Paul Taylor Dance Company. His wife has been his model since they married in 1968.