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12456.
By Chuck Close
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Description
Self Portrait, signed (lower middle) and dated 1999 (lower right), numbered 82/99 (lower left)
Technique
Relief Etching with Embossment on Aokawara Paper
Dimensions
100 x 75 cm
Provenance
Jim Kempner Fine Art Gallery, New-York.
Estate of David Weissmann, Jerusalem (acquired directly from the aforementioned).
Condition
Mint, not examined out of frame.
Biography
Chuck Close, born in Monroe, WA in1940, American artist. Education: 1963 B.F.A. Yale University School of Art and Architecture, Connecticut, USA. 1964 M.F.A. Yale University School of Art and Architecture, Connecticut, USA. 1965 Fullbright Grant, Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Vienna. 1966 Resident Artist, The American Academy in Rome, Italy. Exibitions: 1998 Chuck Close, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. 2000 Chuck Close: Daguerreotypes : Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany. 2002 Recent Paintings : Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, USA. 2008 A Couple of Ways of Doing Something, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
Chuck Thomas Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Close’s remarkable career extends beyond his completed works of art. More than just a painter, photographer, and printmaker, Close is a builder who, in his words, builds "painting experiences for the viewer." Highly renowned as a painter, Close is also a master printmaker, who has, over the course of more than 30 years, pushed the boundaries of traditional printmaking.
Almost all of Close’s work is based on the use of a grid as an underlying basis for the representation of an image. It is important to note that none of Close's images are created digitally or photo-mechanically. While it is tempting to read his gridded details as digital integers, all his work is made the old-fashioned way—by hand.
Close’s paintings are labor intensive and time consuming, and his prints are more so. While a painting can occupy many months, a print could take upward of two years to complete. Close has complete respect for, the technical processes essential to the creation of his prints.
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Self Portrait
Estimate: $4,500/$6,000
Location: Israel
Number of Bids: 5
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