This oversized limited edition hardback monograph is boldly signed by Alex Katz in black marker on the page with the introduction and is stamp numbered 229 from the very limited edition of only 500; The book is also inscribed to Ulla Van Zeller in 2008, a woman who had famously modeled for Katz. (Katz, we are told, typically did not pay his models. The payment would be an autographed book. ) The present limited edition is rare enough, but it is especially scarce - a true collectors' item - when hand signed by the artist, and personally inscribed to one of his models. Authenticity of the signature and inscription is unconditionally guaranteed. This oversized volume has 132 pages and is lavishly illustrated with large full color reproductions. The text of this book is by Achille Bonito Oliva and Richard Milazzo. The photographs are by Oren Slor and Paolo Terzi. The jacket has some age wear and creasing, but the interior pages are bright and crisp and in excellent condition with no markings whatsoever. The last end page expressly states that 500 copies of this book were printed in 2003 by the NuovaLitoEffe snc. Makes a terrific and memorable gift - a must have for true Alex Katz collectors.