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)
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
Price Upon Request
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...
Digital
$2,400
H 14 in W 11 in
Woman Protestor, 1960s, Washington, Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph, 14x11
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
American photographer Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and as a "concerned photographer" his photography demonstrated humanitarian concerns. Woman Protestor, March on Washington, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver photograph, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is in Leonard Freed's book “This Is the Day: The March on Washington'' (p. 50). The photographer travelled to New York, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily lives of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East Coast to the Deep South, Freed’s photo essay culminated in the book Black in White America, which contributed to Freed's becoming a well-known documentary photographer of 20th Century America. After Freed’s death in 2006 his widow, Brigitte Freed was inspired to compile a book on the March on Washington from her late husband’s archive because she heard then-Senator former President Barack Obama remark to an audience of civil rights activists, “I stand here because you walked.” The March on Washington series is a powerful visual testimony, capturing protests that culminated in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream'' speech, delivered at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. Provenance: Freed estate *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$5,200
H 72.5 in W 58 in D 0.3 in
Seascape V - large format photograph of monochromatic black white water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of mesmerizing monochromatic light reflections on water surface SEASCAPE V by Frank Schott 72.5 x 58 inches / 184cm x 147cm signe...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
$3,478
H 29.53 in W 21.66 in D 0.08 in
Zarina - Signed limited edition nude art print, Black white photo, Sensual Model
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Zarina - Limited edition archival pigment print, 1987 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which is then printed...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
$3,481
H 29.53 in W 21.66 in D 0.08 in
Stretch - Original Art, Signed limited edition contemporary fine art print, Sexy
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Stretch - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10 This image was captured on film in 1982. Unframed From the same photoshoot, the so-called 'Zip' print by...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
$4,061
H 40.16 in W 29.93 in D 0.08 in
Morning - Figurative photo, nude print, Black white, Large, Sensual Contemporary
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Morning ‘ who was captured on film in ...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
$2,901
H 20.48 in W 13.39 in D 0.08 in
Ariane - Signed limited edition fine art print, Contemporary, Romantic, Dancer
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ariane - Signed limited edition archival pigment print , 2005 - Edition of 5 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , Acid-fr...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...
$3,133
H 19.69 in W 13 in D 0.08 in
Dentist chair - Figurative photo, Limited edition print, Contemporary, Sensual
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dentist chair - Signed limited edition archival pigment print Edition of 10 This image was captured on film in 1986. The legacy of Ian is deeply woven into the fabric of our gall...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
$3,304
H 29.53 in W 21.42 in D 0.08 in
Emily - Signed limited edition sensual fine art photo, Contemporary, sexy model
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Emily ‘ who was captured on film in 19...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
$3,597
H 29.53 in W 21.66 in D 0.08 in
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary, Model
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Rachael 02 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1984. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
$3,478
H 28.75 in W 20.87 in D 0.08 in
Michelle-Signed limited edition portrait print, Black, Sensual Asiatic woman
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Michelle - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1997 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then p...
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
$3,478
H 21.89 in W 29.53 in D 0.08 in
Summer 87 - Original Limited edition, Analogue Art, Sensual Charismatic women
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Summer 87 ' Limited edition of 10 Sign...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
$2,901
H 19.69 in W 14.97 in D 0.08 in
Morning-Signed limited edition nude print, Contemporary black white, In bed
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Morning - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10 This grainy photograph is very beautiful, the subtlety of the morning light on the body of the model, whos...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Film, Pi...