Chuck Close Art
American, 1940-2021
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)
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Artist: Chuck Close
Untitled from Doctors of the World Portfolio, hand signed & numbered Pop realism
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
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Chick Close Self Portrait hand signed Vintage Screen-print
By Chuck Close
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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By Chuck Close
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close
Title: Untitled (Kates #13)
Year: 2005
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By Chuck Close
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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)
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Uniquely Signed, dedicated and inscribed vintage card of Linda Rosenkrantz Finch
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Located in New York, NY
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Thick card
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Phil, Pop print Portrait of Philip Glass, pencil numbered 655/1000, w/envelope
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close
Phil, 1976
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Kate (#16)
By Chuck Close
Located in Palm Desert, CA
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Book: Chuck Close Self-Portraits 1967-2005 (Signed and inscribed with a heart)
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 (Hand signed and inscribed to Michelle with heart doodle), 2005
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Dalai Lama
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close
Title: Dalai Lama
Year: 2005
Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper
Edition: 300; signed, dated and numbered in pen...
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Process and Collaboration Met Museum print (Hand Signed & dated by Chuck Close)
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close
Process and Collaboration (Hand Signed by Chuck Close), 2004
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Title: Untitled (Kates #15)
Year: 2005
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Chuck Close KARA Felt-Stamp Oil & Screenprint
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Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Chuck Close (American, 1940-2021)
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Self Portrait by Chuck Close
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
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Edition of 118
Printed at Watanabe Press
Publisher: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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By Chuck Close
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Close, Chuck
Title: Self-Portrait (anamorphic)
Date: 2009
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By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close Life (hand signed by both Chuck Close and Christopher Finch), 2010
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SELF PORTRAIT 2
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...
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$10,000 Sale Price
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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
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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...
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Phil (Philip Glass)
By Chuck Close
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2002, this relief print with embossing on handmade paper is hand-signed by Chuck Close (Washington, 1940 - New York, 2021) in white crayon in the lower right margin and numbered from the edition of 40 in white crayon in the lower left margin.
About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Chuck Close Phil...
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Leslie
By Chuck Close
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1986, this color woodcut on Japon paper is hand-signed by Chuck Close (Washington, 1940 - New York, 2021) in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered ‘AP XV/XX’ (Artist Proof) in pencil in the lower left margin, aside from the numbered regular edition of 150. Published by Crown Point Press, San Francisco.
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Self Portrait
By Chuck Close
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Chuck Close Self Portrait, 2012 is hand-signed by Chuck Close (Washington, 1940 - New York, 2021) in pencil in the lower right margin and is ...
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Untitled
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
1967/printed 1999
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto
Iris print (Edition of 100)
30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm), sheet
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm), image
Contact ga...
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Price Upon Request
Inka
By Chuck Close
Located in San Francisco, CA
Edition of 3
Archival watercolor pigment print on Hahnemühle rag paper
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Price Upon Request
John II
By Chuck Close
Located in Morton Grove, IL
6-run direct gravure
Edition 26/40
Chuck Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic...
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Price Upon Request
Phil, Fingerprint
By Chuck Close
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Signed by the artist.
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Screen
Price Upon Request
Phil (WC print on Japanese HMP)
By Chuck Close
Located in San Francisco, CA
Watercolor pigment print on Awagami handmade BIZAN White Thick 200 grams, hand-coated
Edition of 10
Magnolia
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chuck Close Art
Price Upon Request
Nat/Felt Hand Stamp
By Chuck Close
Located in San Francisco, CA
Felt hand stamp
Edition of 40
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Price Upon Request
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Find a wide variety of authentic Chuck Close art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Chuck Close in pigment print, lithograph, paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Chuck Close art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Elizabeth Catlett, Lesley Dill, and Christopher Wool. Chuck Close art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $280 and tops out at $275,000, while the average work can sell for $11,750.
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- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024Chuck Close stated that he painted portraits as a way to overcome a cognitive disorder. Called prosopagnosia, or face blindness, the condition made it difficult for Close to differentiate and recognize faces. The American artist found that painting people's faces helped him to notice their fine details, allowing him to begin to notice differences. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Chuck Close art.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Chuck Close is most well-known for doing paintings, but he also worked as a photographer. The American artist is most famous for creating huge portraits of himself in both abstract and photorealistic styles. Find a collection of Chuck Close art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 24, 2024How much Chuck Close paintings are worth depends on their size, condition, historical significance and other factors. In 2005, his piece John sold for $4.8 million at auction in New York City. The painting was one of the large-scale, photo-based portrait paintings for which the American painter was widely known. These portraits creatively blur the distinction between photography and painting. If you own a Close painting, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer can assist you with the valuation process. Shop an assortment of Chuck Close art on 1stDibs.
- Where did Chuck Close live?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024Chuck Close lived in a few places. He was born in Monroe, Washington, in 1940 and grew up in the area. Close attended Everett Community College in Everett, Washington, and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. Then, he relocated to Connecticut to pursue a master's degree from Yale University. His studies would also prompt him to move to Vienna, Austria, to take courses at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. After graduation, Close settled in the Amherst, Massachusetts, area while working at the University of Massachusetts. In 1967, he moved again to New York City, New York, to establish his own studio in Soho. Close died in 2021 in Oceanside, New York. Explore a variety of Chuck Close art on 1stDibs.