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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Untitled (Kate #18)
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close Title: Untitled (Kate #18) Year: 2005 Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper Edition: 25 + Proofs; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 20...
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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
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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) For its September 2003 issue, W. magazine commissioned artists Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, Lisa Yuskavage...
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Untitled (Kate #14)
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close Title: Untitled (Kate #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) For its September 2003 issue, W. magazine commissioned artists Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, Lisa...
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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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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
$3,416
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...
$2,847
H 19.69 in W 14.57 in D 0.08 in
Michelle- Signed limited edition portrait print, Black white, Sensual woman
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Michelle - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1997 - Edition of 5 Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity , unframed Please note. There are ...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
$3,416
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 Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity , unframed Please note. There are th...
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Alina • # 4 of 6 • 59 cm x 42 cm
By Angelika Buettner
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Alina • 2009 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes. All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper. Three different sizes are available, the series ...
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
$30,000
H 60 in W 168 in D 2 in
LAS ZORRAS Mixed Media Diptych, Acrylic On Canvas, Swarovski crystals, Fox tails
By Carlos Mercado
Located in San Juan, PR
CARLOS MERCADO TROPICALIA TROPICALIA...Inspired in Nostalgia of the Caribbean Puerto Rico and Cuban images from the Golden era of the 50's recollects th...
Metal, Gold Leaf
$2,655
H 19.69 in W 14.3 in D 0.08 in
Emily - Signed limited edition print, Contemporary, Vintage Eighties style, Sexy
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, ...
$3,245
H 29.53 in W 21.66 in D 0.08 in
China girl- Intimate signed limited edition sensual fine art print, Contemporary
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
China girl - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 8 This image was captured on film in 1999. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was t...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
$1,708
H 16.54 in W 11.7 in
Hommage a René Gruau III • # 3 of 9 • 42 cm x 29 cm
By Angelika Buettner
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Hommage a René Gruau III • Paris, 2011 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 sizes. All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper. Three different sizes are availabl...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Dutch Delight by Hans Withoos
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
Fine art inkjet print on special paper rag Ask us for framing options Hans Withoos career spans more than twenty years worldwide. After graduating from the Art Academy. He specializ...
Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Alina • # 3 of 9 • 42 cm x 29 cm
By Angelika Buettner
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Alina • 2009 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 different sizes. All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper. Three different sizes are available, the series ...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Hommage a René Gruau II • # 3 of 9 • 42 cm x 29 cm
By Angelika Buettner
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Hommage a René Gruau II • Paris, 2011 • Edition of 18 prints in 3 sizes. All prints are numbered and signed. Printed on Hahnemühle Archival Paper. Three different sizes are available...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$3,416
H 29.53 in W 19.89 in D 0.08 in
Frankie- Signed limited edition still life portrait print, Sensual, Contemporary
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Frankie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1986. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then pri...
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pi...
Untitled (Kate #16)
By Chuck Close
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Chuck Close Title: Untitled (Kates #16) Year: 2005 Medium: Digital pigment print on Hahnemuhle Satin paper Edition: 25; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.64 cm) Frame: 18 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches (47.19 x 57.35 cm) Certificate of Authenticity included For its September 2003 issue, W. magazine commissioned artists Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, Lisa Yuskavage...
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