Lot Essay
Inclusion of this drawing in the forthcoming volume on unique works on paper of the Chuck Close Catalogue Raisonné has been confirmed by the catalogue publisher, Artifex Press, New York.
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Property from the Estate of Robert Mann and the Mann Family
Chuck Close (b. 1940)
Self-Portrait / 8x1
Details
Chuck Close (b. 1940)
Self-Portrait / 8x1
signed and dated 'Chuck Close 1977' (lower right); titled '"Self-Portrait / 8-1"' (lower right edge)
ink and graphite on paper
image: 8 ¼ x 6 in. (21 x 15.2 cm.)
sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 3/8 in. (75.9 x 56.8 cm.)
Executed in 1977.
Self-Portrait / 8x1
signed and dated 'Chuck Close 1977' (lower right); titled '"Self-Portrait / 8-1"' (lower right edge)
ink and graphite on paper
image: 8 ¼ x 6 in. (21 x 15.2 cm.)
sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 3/8 in. (75.9 x 56.8 cm.)
Executed in 1977.
Provenance
Pace Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schmukler, New York
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schmukler, New York
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
M. Shapiro, "Changing Variables: Chuck Close and His Prints," Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 9, 3 July-August 1978, p. 73 (detail illustrated).
L. K. Meisel, Photorealism, New York, 1980, p. 132 (illustrated).
A. Artner, "Close Encounters at MCA: No Longer Radical or Realistic," Chicago Tribune, 15 February 1981, p. 13 (illustrated).
L. K. Meisel, Photorealism, New York, 1980, p. 132 (illustrated).
A. Artner, "Close Encounters at MCA: No Longer Radical or Realistic," Chicago Tribune, 15 February 1981, p. 13 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Pace Gallery, Chuck Close: Recent Work, April-June 1977.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; St. Louis Art Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and New York, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, Close Portraits, September 1980-June 1981, no. 9.
New York, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Attention to Detail (Realism in All Forms), March 1996.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Atlanta, High Museum of Art and Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005, July 2005-October 2006, p. 140, pl. 15 (illustrated).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; St. Louis Art Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and New York, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, Close Portraits, September 1980-June 1981, no. 9.
New York, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Attention to Detail (Realism in All Forms), March 1996.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Atlanta, High Museum of Art and Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005, July 2005-October 2006, p. 140, pl. 15 (illustrated).
Sale Room Notice
Please note the correct last two lines of provenance:
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner