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Flower Basket
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1993
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
S. 12 2/5 x 15 2/5 in. (31.5 x 39 cm)
Edition of 160
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Unframed, excellent condition
Category
1990s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen, Paper
High Heels Silver. Ceramic Sculptures (2) by Yayoi Kusama. Limited Edition of 30
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Ceramic sculptures by Yayoi Kusama.
2 sculptures of dimensions: 27 x 7 x 17 cm each.
Executed in 2015.
This work is number 3 from a limited edition of 30.
Incised with the artist's ...
Category
2010s Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Ceramic
Shoe. Bronze Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama. Limited Edition of 30 (1976/94)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Painted bronze sculpture by Yayoi Kusama.
Original mould executed in 1976; casted in 1994.
This work is number 12 from a limited edition of 30.
Incised with the artist's signature an...
Category
1990s Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Bronze
Coffee Cup
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1985
Screenprint in colors, on Izumi paper
Sheet: 61 x 53.3 cm
Edition of 100
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
1980s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Paper, Screen
Pumpkin (2)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1990
Screenprint in colors, on Izumi paper
Sheet: 63 x 53 cm
Edition of 150
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
1990s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Paper, Screen
Lake of China
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1956
Pastel on paper
Image/sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.
Signed and dated, lower left
Category
1950s Abstract The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Madder-Colored Cloud
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1997
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 20 3/10 x 14 3/10 in.
Edition of 100
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
1990s Abstract The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Paper, Screen
Fireflies
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1999
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 30 x 22 2/5 in.
Edition of 100
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
1990s Abstract The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Paper, Screen
Pumpkin 2000 (Green)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
2000
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 18 1/4 x 24 in.
Edition of 100
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen, Paper
Pumpkin MT
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1999
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 23 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.
Edition of 110
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Authenticated by Kusama Studio, Tokyo a...
Category
1990s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen, Paper
Pumpkin (BSQ), 1998
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin (BSQ), 1998
Screenprint in colors, on Vérin d'Arches paper
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 15 in. (39.7 x 38.1 cm)
Edition 104 of 120
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in penci...
Category
1990s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
Pumpkin B, 2000
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin B, 2000
Screenprint in colors, on mirror film, with full margins
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 in. (32 x 25.3 cm)
Edition of 100
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in marke...
Category
Early 2000s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
A Pumpkin (T), 2003
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
YAYOI KUSAMA
A Pumpkin (T), 2003
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 45.5 x 38 cm
Edition 147 of 150
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excell...
Category
Early 2000s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
A Pumpkin (BY), 2004
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
YAYOI KUSAMA
A Pumpkin (BY), 2004
Screenprint in colors with lame, on wove paper
Sheet: 38.3 x 45.5 cm
Edition 95 of 120
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Fr...
Category
Early 2000s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
Pumpkin, 1982
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin, 1982
Lithograph in colors with collage, on wove paper
Sheet: 65.5 x 51 cm
Edition of 48/75
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, ex...
Category
1980s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph
Shanghai Pumpkin, 2010
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
YAYOI KUSAMA
Shanghai Pumpkin, 2010
Screenprint in colors with silver powder, on wove paper
Sheet: 76 x 56 cm
Edition 100 of 200
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower m...
Category
2010s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
Pumpkin MY, 1999
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin MY, 1999
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 50 x 59.4 cm
Edition of 110
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent con...
Category
1990s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
The Endless Life of People, 2010
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
Excellent condition, as issued.
This work is from an edition of unknown size.
Stamped text on reverse with artists printed name and copyright from the Matsumoto City Museum of Art,...
Category
2010s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
MADSAKI COSMIC OVERDOSE
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Takashi Murakami
Title: MADSAKI COSMIC OVERDOSE
Medium: Offset lithograph
Year: 2020
Edition: From The rare edition of 100
Size: 19 7/10 × 19 7/10 in.
Hand Signed & Numbere...
Category
2010s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
I've Left My Love Far Behind... Limited Edition (print) by Murakami signed
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
I've Left My Love Far Behind. Their Smell, Every Memento…, 2010 by Takashi Murakami
Offset print, signed and numbered by the artist
26 ³/₁₆ × 18 ³/₄ in
66.5 x 47.5 cm
Edition 105/30...
Category
2010s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
New Day Self Portrait
By Takashi Murakami
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Takashi Murakami
New Day Self Portrait
2011; Silkscreen
31 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches
From the edition of 100
Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo
Signed in pencil
Unframed
Category
2010s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
Jellyfish Eyes - Black 1. Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami signed
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Jellyfish Eyes - Black 1 by Takashi Murakami (2004)
Offset print, numbered and signed by the artist
19 ¹¹/₁₆ × 19 ¹¹/₁₆ in
50 × 50 cm
Edition 41/300
Takashi Murakami is best known ...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
Tan Tan Bo (2003) Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami, signed
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tan Tan Bo, 2003 by Takashi Murakami
Offset lithograph in colors on Wove paper
25 7/10 × 39 3/10 in
65.8x99.8cm
Edition 98/300
Tan Tan Bo is a "reincarnati...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
And then and then... (pink) Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami, signed
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
And Then and then and then and then and then (Pink), 1999 by Takashi Murakami
Offset print, in silver ink signed and numbered by the artist
26 4/5 × ...
Category
1990s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
Right There... Limited Edition (print) by Murakami signed and numbered
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Right There, The Breadth of the Human Heart (2013) by Takashi Murakami
Offset print, cold foil stamp, glossy varnish
Hand signed and numbered by the artist
Published by Kaikai Kiki C...
Category
2010s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
That Sounds Good, I Hope You Can Do That
By Takashi Murakami
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Takashi Murakami
That Sounds Good, I Hope You Can Do That
2019; Screenprint in colors with cold stamped gold and silver foil on wove paper
22 1/4 x 41 inches
Edition 190 of 300
Signe...
Category
2010s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
Flowerball Brown. Limited Edition (print) by Murakami signed and numbered.
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Flowerball Brown (2007) by Takashi Murakami
Offset print on woven paper.
Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo
28 in diameter
71 cm diameter
Edition 214/300
Takashi Murakami is best known for his contemporary combination of fine art and pop culture. He uses recognizable iconography like Doraemon and cartoonish flowers and infuses it with Japanese culture. The result is a colorful body of work that takes the shape of paintings, sculptures and animations.
In the 1990s, Murakami founded the Superflat movement in an attempt to expose the "shallow emptiness of Japanese consumeristic culture." The artist plays on the familiar aesthetic of mangas, Japanese-language comics, to render works that appear popular and accessible, all the while denouncing the universality and impersonality of consumer goods. Murakami has done collaborations with numerous brands and celebrities including Kanye West, Louis Vuitton...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
Warhol - Silver. Limited Edition (print) by Murakami signed and numbered
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Warhol - Silver (2012) by Takashi Murakami
Offset print, cold foil stamp, glossy varnish
Hand signed and numbered by the artist
Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo
28 in diamet...
Category
2010s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
Blue Velvet. Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami signed, numbered
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Blue Velvet, 2016 by Takashi Murakami
Offset print, numbered and signed by the artist
23 5/8 × 23 5/8 in
60 × 60 cm
Edition 218/300
Takashi Murakami is best known for his contempor...
Category
2010s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
Offset print, cold stamp and spot varnishing - Korin, Pure White 2015
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful offset print by Murakami. This is a classic Murakami in which the artist showcases his prowess for reimagining traditional Japanese motifs within a new, contempor...
Category
2010s Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
Flowerball Margareth (3D). Limited edition (print) by Murakami signed, numbered
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Flowerball Margareth, 2011 by Takashi Murakami
Offset print, cold stamp and high gloss varnishing
Published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo
28 in diameter
71 cm diameter
Edition 18/3...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Offset
Untitled
By Donald Judd
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil and inscribed. An arist's proof aside from the edition of approximately 20.
Printed on cartridge paper by the artist's father, Roy C. Judd.
Published by the artist.
...
Category
1960s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Woodcut
SCIENCE IS TRUTH FOUND OUT (RED)ITION
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Ed Ruscha
SCIENCE IS TRUTH FOUND OUT (RED)ITION, 2022
100% Silk twill
Signed in the plate and numbered
130 × 130 cm
142.5 x 141 cm (Framed)
Edition of 500
Category
2010s Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Silk
A Particular Kind of Heaven towel
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Washington , DC, DC
A Particular Kind of Heaven towel
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Cotton
Ed Ruscha 'South' 1991
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
ED RUSCHA (1937-Present)
Ed Ruscha's piece 'South' is a lithograph printed in colours, 1991, on BFK Rives, signed, dated and numbered 36/50 in pencil, printed by Hamilton Press, Cal...
Category
1990s Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph
Ed Ruscha 'Question & Answer' 1991
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
ED RUSCHA (1937-Present)
Ed Ruscha's piece 'Question & Answer' is a lithograph printed in black, 1991, on Rives BFK, signed, dated and numbered 34/50 in pencil, printed by Hamilton ...
Category
1990s Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph
The World and Its Surroundings, from the Global Editions Series
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Rives BFK paper, torn and deckle edges
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph
If, from: Etc.; If; South; Question & Answer
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
ED (Edward) RUSCHA (born 1937)
1937 Omaha, Nebraska (American)
Title: If, from: Etc.; If; South; Question & Answer, 1991
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Lit...
Category
1990s Pop Art The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph
Evil
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Screenprint on wood-grain veneer paper, cut edges, bleed image
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
Make New History
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Ed Ruscha multiple published on the occasion of the Gala of the 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Printed in an edition of approximately 1000 copies ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Linen
Ed Ruscha 'The Fan and its Surroundings' 1982
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Miami, FL
ED RUSCHA (1937-Present)
Ed Ruscha's piece 'The Fan and its Surroundings' is a lithograph in colors on Rives BFK paper with full margins. On the bottom right, this print is signed, ...
Category
1980s Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph
Ex Libris
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
2018
Lithograph in colors
Image/shee: 14 x 12 in.
Edition of 60
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
2010s Conceptual The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph
Two Nudes, USA, circa 1930s Signed in ink by the artist Pen and ink on paper
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) stands as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her monochromatic sculptural wooden constructions.
However, it is important to emphasize that Nevelson toiled and experimented for nearly 30 years before arriving at her signature style, and overdue success, in the late 1950s.
In recent years there has been an increase in scholarship, awareness, and collector interest in Nevelson's early work, as she was an early adopter of modernism in America. This drawing is a fine example from this era.
After Nevelson divorced in 1931, she was finally liberated to devote herself to art-making. She studied at the Art Students League in New York and made several influential trips to Europe where she began studying with Hans Hoffmann...
Category
1930s Modern The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
By The Lake
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Collage was an important part of Louise Nevelson's practice. The process mirrored her approach to sculpture; taking disparate elements and assembling or uniting them into a complex whole.
Similar to many of her American contemporaries, Nevelson delved into printmaking. She worked with the leading printing studios in America adopting new techniques while expanding her aesthetic and oeuvre considerably.
This collage was the final maquette or design, that would be screen printed becoming "By the Lake" (from "Façade: In Homage to Edith Sitwell"). Nevelson worked with Chiron Press in New York, which had opened in 1962 and was just a stone's throw from her 11th Street home studio.
The works in this series were dedicated to the British poet Edith Sitwell who passed away in 1964. Sitwell had published a book of abstract poems titled Façade, the poems' rhythms were counterparts to music set by the famed English composer, William Walton...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
Graphic Presence, 1975 Etching and aquatint on copper plate Signed, by artist
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Caviar20 is excited to be offering this evocative print by the inimitable Louise Nevelson - one of the most revered and unique sculptors of the 20th century....
Category
1730s Abstract Expressionist The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Copper
Louise Nevelson - Winter Chord - Hand-Signed Black Painted Wood Sculpture, 1974
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Varese, IT
Louise Nevelson ( 1899 - 1988 ) - Winter Chord - hand-signed black painted wood sculpture, 1974
Additional information:
Material: Black p...
Category
20th Century The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Wood
Untitled
By Louise Nevelson
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this extremely scarce color aquatint and etching on cream wove paper. Signed and numbered 6/20 in pencil by Nevelson.
Category
1980s Modern The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Louise Nevelson - Hand-Signed Silk-Screen on Hand-Made Paper, 1975
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Varese, IT
Louise Nevelson ( 1899 - 1988 ) - hand-signed Silk-screen on hand-made paper, 1975
Additional information:
Material: Silk-screen on hand-made paper
Edited in 1975
Limited edition in...
Category
20th Century The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Silk, Handmade Paper
Untitled, Collage abstract expressionistic wooden collage, monochrome black
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Zug, CH
Nevelson’s compositions explore the relational possibilities of sculpture and space, summing up the objectification of the external world into a personal landscape. Although her prac...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Wood
Male Nude
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) stands as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her monochromatic sculptural wooden constructions.
However it is imp...
Category
1930s Modern The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Ink, Pencil, Paper
Circus Wagon
By Louise Nevelson
Located in New York, NY
Louise Nevelson created the etching and aquatint entitled “CIRCUS WAGON” in 1953. This scarce EARLY impression was printed in an edition of 20. The imag...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
CAT
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Portland, ME
Nevelson, Louise. CAT. Baro 80. Etching and drypoint, 1965/6. Edition of 40 (There were also three Trial Proofs and four Artist's Proofs). Signed and numbered in pencil. 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (plate), (sheet). The edition was printed at the Hollander Graphic...
Category
1960s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Untitled by Louise Nevelson
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Louise Nevelson’s room-sized wood sculptures have been hailed as emblematic of many different movements, including Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Monochromatic and u...
Category
1970s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Wood, Paint
SKY CASE XII
By Louise Nevelson
Located in New York, NY
wooden sculpture of found objects painted black. case with lid and hinges.
Category
1970s American Modern The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Wood
UNTITLED
By Louise Nevelson
Located in New York, NY
Painted wood wall sculpture
Category
1980s The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Wood, Paint
Self Portrait by Chuck Close
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait, 2007
9 color screen print on Somerset Satin paper
38 x 30 inches
Edition of 118
Printed at Watanabe Press
Publisher: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Chuck Close was best known for the monumental heads...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Tavern, Abstract (1960)
By Chuck Close
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Chuck Close
Title: Tavern
Year of Work: 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed & Dated Upper Left
Dimensions: framed 31 x 25 unframed 30 x 24
Provenance: Chuck Close, Marjorie Dalton (Dear friend of Chuck), Private Collection.
Tavern, is truly a rare find, an original oil on canvas, in compelling blues and grays with a touch of gold and orange. This work reveals more imagery and detail the longer one enjoys it. This painting was created during his years studying in Yale Art School, and draws different qualities to each new viewer similar to a Rorschach. Close's work is in the collections of most of the great international museums of contemporary art, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City. and the Tate Modern in London.
Artist Bio:
Chuck Close – (1940-2021) an American painter, artist and photographer born in Monroe, Washington. Early childhood illnesses including a neuromuscular condition, nephritis and dyslexia were compounded later in life by a condition known as prosopagnosia (face blindness), which may have inspired him to do portraits. Most of his early, large-format portraits are based on photographs, using photorealism or hyperrealism, of family and friends, often other artists. Close often painted abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally. Even though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he continued to paint inspired by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Close's first solo exhibition, held in 1967 at the University of Massachusetts Art Gallery, Amherst, featured paintings, painted reliefs, and drawings based on photographs of record covers. Being much in the mainstream of pop art, a fragment of Close's portrait of singer-songwriter Paul Simon...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait
By Chuck Close
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A suite of four holograms by Chuck Close. "Self Portrait" is a contemporary artwork in a palette of blacks and blues by Chuck Close. Each piece measures 14 x 11 in. The work is editioned 16/23 with 2 PPs and is numbered CC(16)2.
Chuck Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work that remains sought after by museums and collectors. Throughout his career, Close has endeavored to expand his contribution to portraiture through the mastery of such varied drawing and painting techniques as ink, graphite, pastel, watercolor, conte´ crayon, finger painting, and stamp-pad ink on paper; printmaking techniques, such as Mezzotint, etching, woodcuts, linocuts, and silkscreens; as well as handmade paper collage, Polaroid photographs, Daguerreotypes, and Jacquard tapestries. His early airbrush techniques inspired the development of the ink jet printer. Working from a gridded photograph, Close builds his images by applying one careful stroke after another in multi-colors or grayscale. He works methodically, starting his loose but regular grid from the left hand corner of the canvas. His works are generally larger than life and highly focused. Close has been a printmaker throughout his career, with most of his prints published by Pace Editions, New York. He made his first serious foray into print making in 1972, when he moved himself and family to San Francisco to work on a mezzotint at Crown Point Press for a three-month residency. In 1986 he went to Kyoto to work with Tadashi Toda, a highly respected woodblock printer. In 1995, curator Colin Westerbeck used a grant from the Lannan Foundation to bring Close together with Grant Romer, director of conservation at the George Eastman House. The artist has also continued to explore difficult photographic processes such as daguerreotype in collaboration with Jerry Spagnoli and sophisticated modular/cell-based forms such as tapestry. Close’s photogravure portrait of artist Robert Rauschenberg, “Robert” (1998), appeared in a 2009 exhibition at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York, featuring prints from Universal Limited Art Editions. In the daguerreotype photographs, the background defines the limit of the image plane as well as the outline of the subject, with the inky pitch-black setting off the light, reflective quality of the subject’s face. Close’s wall- size tapestry portraits...
Category
20th Century Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled (Kate #14)
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close
Title: Untitled (Kates #14)
Year: 2005
Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper
Edition: 25 + Proofs; signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Frame: 22 5/8 x `18 5/8 inches (57.4 x 47.2 cm)
Certificate of Authenticity included
For its September 2003 issue, W. magazine commissioned artists Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, Lisa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Digital Pigment
Self Portrait
By Chuck Close
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed and numbered screen-print self-portrait by Chuck Close, benefiting the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. Artwork may be viewed...
Category
Early 2000s Realist The Contemporary Art Collection
Materials
Screen
