1967/printed 1999
Chuck Close was renowned for his highly inventive techniques of painting the human face and was best known for his large-scale, photo-based portrait paintings.
After earning his MFA from Yale in 1964, Close took his place atop the American art world by creating large-scale, Photorealistic portraits that have creatively blurred the distinction between photography and painting. In 1988, Close was paralyzed following a rare spinal artery collapse; despite the physical limitations, the artist pressed forward with his work. With a brush taped to his wrist, he continued to paint.
In 2000, Close was presented with the prestigious National Medal of Arts by President Clinton and was appointed by President Obama to serve on the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
"Yes, it is hard to paint blur," Close said. "There are some works I made by using a grid of string to help me perceive changes in depth of focus — something artists have done for centuries. The depth of field in the daguerreotypes is a function of the process of making an image that way, with a very short, very bright flash of light."
Although Close had employed various painterly styles throughout his career, he is perhaps best known for his grid set on the diagonal. Close’s paintings are all-over images where the background of the picture – the negative space – is as important as the face itself, and one cannot exist without the other.
Close often took his family and friends as models, making monumental and classical works that are bold in their simplicity. His work has been the subject of more than 200 solo exhibitions in more than 20 countries, including major retrospective exhibitions at New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia de Madrid and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
(Biography provided by Weng Contemporary – ArtXX AG)
Portrait of Marty
By Amos Badertscher
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of Marty 1999 Titled, dated and inscribed in black ink, recto; Also signed, dated, numbered, and inscribed in black ink, verso Gelatin silver pr...
Silver Gelatin
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled 1983 Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “A/P” in blue ink, verso Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Silver Gelatin
Shame
By Jesse Burke
Located in New York, NY
Digital C-print Signed and numbered, verso 11 x 14 inches (Edition of 8) 20 x 24 inches (Edition of 8) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please not...
C Print
Untitled #69
By Henry Horenstein
Located in New York, NY
Sepia-toned gelatin silver print Signed and numbered, verso 20 x 16 inches, sheet (Edition of 25) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “These are not ...
Silver Gelatin
Robert Mapplethorpe
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is offered by CLAMP, located in New York City. Mark Beard writes: “I asked Robert Mapplethorpe to take me to the ‘Mine Shaft,’ a famous S&M club. He agreed but told me it was finished and boring. We made Christmas trees together for New York Magazine. He asked to make nude...
Photogravure
Henry
By Curtice Taylor
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered, verso Cyanotype print toned with ammonia and tannic acid (Edition of 5) 6.5 x 4.5 inches, image 12 x 9.5 inches, framed Listed price includes $250 cost of fra...
Photographic Paper
Self Portrait
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Known for his monumental portraits, Chuck Close created this self-portrait in 2000 as an archival pigment print of a daguerreotype measuring 22 x 17 in (56 x 43.2 cm), unframed. The...
Archival Pigment
Self-Portrait
By Chuck Close
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Chuck Close (1940-2021) was known for both his meticulous attention to detail and his innovative approach to the genre of portraiture. Having pioneered the Photorealism movement in ...
Lithograph, Screen
Self Portrait 2 Photography Print, Contemporary, Signed, Edition of 30
By Chuck Close
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, numbered and dated by the artist in pencil. From the Self Portrait 1-5 series. Artwork is in excellent condition. Image size: 25 x 19 inches. Frame size: 32.6 x 25.75 in...
Paper, Photographic Film
Untitled (Kate #11)
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close Title: Untitled (Kates #11) Year: 2005 Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper Edition: 25; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 17 x 22 inches (43.18 x 55.88 cm) Frame: 19 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (49.53 x 62.23 cm) Certificate of Authenticity included For its September 2003 issue, W. magazine commissioned artists Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, Lisa Yuskavage...
Digital Pigment
Untitled (Kate #13)
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close Title: Untitled (Kates #13) Year: 2005 Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper Edition: 25; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 17 x 22 in...
Digital Pigment
Photorealist painter Chuck Close, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of contemporary photorealist painter Chuck Close, 1981. Signed on the print verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...
Silver Gelatin
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