Fingerpainting Suite of 5 1980 in Wood Portfolio Box

Year1980

Plate SignedEmbossed Signature Lower Right and Plate Signed on Verso 

Condition Mint 

Not FramedWood Box w/ Plexiglass Top 

Purchased fromOther 1981 

Story / Additional InfoChuck Close created five offset lithographic limited edition prints at the Tyler School of Art as part of a grant from the Ford Foundation. There are five portraits in this collection: 1) Chuck Close Self Portrait, 2) Franny (His Grandmother), 3) George Maciunas (Dot), 4) George Maciunas (Square) and 5) George Maciunas Small. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

Additional InformationVery Motivated 

LID167187

Chuck Close - United States

Chuck Close is an American artist known for his large-scale Photorealist portraits. He constructs the paintings through a grid system, in where each square on the canvas corresponds with a squared off cell on the reference photograph. Focusing mainly on self-portraits or portraits of his family and friends, including the artists Richard Serra, Alex Katz, Cindy Sherman, and Cecily Brown. Similar to the Pointillist works of Georges Seurat, Close's compositions come in to focus the further an observer stands from them. "I realized that to deal with your nature is also to construct a series of limitations which just don't allow you to behave the way you most naturally want to behave," he said of his technique. "So, I found it incredibly liberating to work for a long time on something even though I'm impatient." Born on July 5, 1940 in Monroe, WA, the artist has struggled with dyslexia and facial blindness throughout his life. He went on to receive his MFA from the Yale School of Art in 1962, while at Yale he worked in an Abstract Expressionist style. It was after seeing Sol LeWitt's process-based work that Close began experimenting with the grid system he is now known for. In 1988, Close suffered damage to his anterior spinal artery leaving him paralyzed and wheelchair bound. Undeterred, the artist adapted his method of painting to compensate and now works with a brush strapped to his wrist. His works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, among others. Close currently lives and works between New York, NY and Long Island, NY. Listing wanted. Check out our new sister site Bluechipartbrokerage,com