Two Part Self-Portrait
Chuck CloseWW-1989-097557
1989·Internal dye diffusion transfer print·Each image: 61 × 52.2 cm (24 1/16 × 20 9/16 in.); each paper: 75 × 56 cm (29 9/16 × 22 1/16 in.); frame: 90.6 × 120.2 × 7.5 cm (35 11/16 × 47 3/8 × 3 in.)
<p>Chuck Close makes monumental portrait paintings based on photographs, following the same procedure each time: he covers a closely cropped photograph in a grid and then replicates the source image at a larger scale. After becoming partially paralyzed in 1988, the artist deepened his engagement with photography, as he explored potentially painterly results in a finished photograph. This 20 × 24–inch Polaroid diptych gives us a portrait of the artist as a two-part fragment, like two panes in one of his gridded paintings.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1989
- Dimensions
- Each image: 61 × 52.2 cm (24 1/16 × 20 9/16 in.); each paper: 75 × 56 cm (29 9/16 × 22 1/16 in.); frame: 90.6 × 120.2 × 7.5 cm (35 11/16 × 47 3/8 × 3 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Chuck Close
Artist
Chuck Close
Painting
Chuck Close is known for his innovative conceptual portraiture, depicting his subjects, which are transposed from photographs, into visual data organized by gridded compositions.
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- Chuck Close
- Year
- 1989
- Dimensions
- Each image: 61 × 52.2 cm (24 1/16 × 20 9/16 in.); each paper: 75 × 56 cm (29 9/16 × 22 1/16 in.); frame: 90.6 × 120.2 × 7.5 cm (35 11/16 × 47 3/8 × 3 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1989-097557
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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