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Alex Katz, prince of prints

At 84, Katz brings his trademark style and pastoral vision to the major MFA show

By Mark Feeney

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 22, 2012

Alex Katz is walking through the Ann and Graham Gund Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts. He has spent the morning helping hang “Alex Katz Prints,” a large retrospective that opens Saturday. The artist surveys the gallery and nods approvingly. “This is pretty much fixed,” Katz says. His smile is barely perceptible. “Nothing bothers me now.” Not that much should. Now 84, Katz long ago forged one of the most distinctive, enduring, and recognizable styles in American art.

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