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The Collection of Agnes Gund: Sold to Benefit the Gund Art Foundation
CHUCK CLOSE (1940-2021)
John / Fingerprint
Details
CHUCK CLOSE (1940-2021)
John / Fingerprint
signed and dated 'C. Close 1983' (lower right); titled 'John / Fingerprint' (right edge)
oil-based ink on paper
image: 32 ½ x 30 in. (82.6 x 76.2 cm.)
sheet: 48 x 38 ¼ in. (121.9 x 97.2 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
John / Fingerprint
signed and dated 'C. Close 1983' (lower right); titled 'John / Fingerprint' (right edge)
oil-based ink on paper
image: 32 ½ x 30 in. (82.6 x 76.2 cm.)
sheet: 48 x 38 ¼ in. (121.9 x 97.2 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
Provenance
The artist
The Pace Gallery, New York
Edward L. Gardner, Larchmont, New York
Private collection, Ohio
The Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1989
The Pace Gallery, New York
Edward L. Gardner, Larchmont, New York
Private collection, Ohio
The Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1989
Literature
C. Close, A. Baker Sandback, and I. Sischy. "A Progression by Chuck Close: Who’s Afraid of Photography," Artforum, vol. 22, no. 9, 15 May 1984, cover (detail, illustrated).
"Interior Advantage," Brutus, no. 111, May 1985, p. 170 (exhibition view, illustrated).
L. Lyons and R. Storr, Chuck Close, New York, 1987, p. 134 (illustrated).
L.K. Meisel, Photorealism since 1980, New York, 1993, p. 108 (illustrated).
C. Bullard, "Process, Not Person, Is the Primary Factor in Close's Portraits," Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 1993.
C.E. Foster and J.D. Grove, "A Modern Eye," Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine, vol. 43, no. 8, October 2003, pp. 4-5 (illustrated).
"Interior Advantage," Brutus, no. 111, May 1985, p. 170 (exhibition view, illustrated).
L. Lyons and R. Storr, Chuck Close, New York, 1987, p. 134 (illustrated).
L.K. Meisel, Photorealism since 1980, New York, 1993, p. 108 (illustrated).
C. Bullard, "Process, Not Person, Is the Primary Factor in Close's Portraits," Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 1993.
C.E. Foster and J.D. Grove, "A Modern Eye," Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine, vol. 43, no. 8, October 2003, pp. 4-5 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, P.S.1, New Portraits, April-June 1984.
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Chuck Close, March 1985, n.p., pl. 11 (installation illustrated).
New York, The Pace Gallery, Chuck Close: Recent Work, February-March 1986, n.p. (illustrated).
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Chuck Close: Portraits, July-October 1993.
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Seattle Art Museum and London, Hayward Gallery, Chuck Close, February 1998-September 1999, p. 155, no. 35 (illustrated).
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection, October 2003-January 2004, no. 10, pp. 34-35 (illustrated).
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Chuck Close: Fingerprint Paintings and Drawings, 1978-86, April-May 2016, pp.2-3 and 34, pl. 9 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Chuck Close, March 1985, n.p., pl. 11 (installation illustrated).
New York, The Pace Gallery, Chuck Close: Recent Work, February-March 1986, n.p. (illustrated).
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Chuck Close: Portraits, July-October 1993.
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Seattle Art Museum and London, Hayward Gallery, Chuck Close, February 1998-September 1999, p. 155, no. 35 (illustrated).
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection, October 2003-January 2004, no. 10, pp. 34-35 (illustrated).
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Chuck Close: Fingerprint Paintings and Drawings, 1978-86, April-May 2016, pp.2-3 and 34, pl. 9 (illustrated).
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