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Chuck Close
Untitled (Sunflower), Chuck Close, Pigment print, Limited editions

2011

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Chuck Close Untitled (Sunflower), 2011 Pigment Print Edition of 60 52 x 39 cm (20.4 x 15.3 in) Signed, numbered and dated in pencil on the front Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher The piece is offered unframed. Edition number might vary from what is shown in the images. “I approach all subjects the same. Of course I can’t collaborate with a flower the same way I can with a human, but there is an inherent sensuality in a flower that relates to the nudes, and the close-up details of the flowers are equally revelatory.” —Chuck Close In this intricately detailed picture, Chuck Close displays his technical mastery of the camera, capturing the sunflower in a finely balanced play of light. This is a flower as seen by a bee, with its center deep, inviting and overwhelming. This presumably innocent subject, a sunflower, has a disheveled luxuriance and a thrill of sex, which make it very unlike the traditional imagery of still life subjects. In Close´s flowers pictures, the erotic energy is myopic as the imagery seems to have emerged from the sense of touch more than from vision.
  • Creator:
    Chuck Close (1940, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2011
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20.48 in (52 cm)Width: 15.36 in (39 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Zug, CH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1562214116152
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