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 Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
Chuck Close (b. 1940)
Self-Portrait
Details
Chuck Close (b. 1940)
Self-Portrait
signed and dated 'C. Close 1983' (lower edge); titled and inscribed 'Self Portrait/ for "Save the Children"' (right edge)
make-up and graphite on paper
18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
Self-Portrait
signed and dated 'C. Close 1983' (lower edge); titled and inscribed 'Self Portrait/ for "Save the Children"' (right edge)
make-up and graphite on paper
18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed in 1983.
Provenance
The Signature Collection: Self Portraits by International Artists 1983, In the Medium of Make-Up; Christie's, New York, 23 May 1983, lot 14
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
“Self Portraits,” New York Magazine, vol. 16, no. 21, May 23, 1983, p. 34 (illustrated).
J. Chiapella, "Humanity's Face: Museum Exhibit Gazes upon our Countenance," Santa Cruz County Sentinel, 21 August 1998.
J. Chiapella, "Humanity's Face: Museum Exhibit Gazes upon our Countenance," Santa Cruz County Sentinel, 21 August 1998.
Exhibited
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Selections from the Anderson Collection: Contemporary Portraits, January-April 1998, n.p.
Santa Cruz, The Museum of Art and History, Eye to Eye: Contemporary Portraits from the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, July-September 1998.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, p. 357, no. 43.
Santa Cruz, The Museum of Art and History, Eye to Eye: Contemporary Portraits from the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, July-September 1998.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, p. 357, no. 43.
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