TitleSelf-Portrait
Artist
Chuck Close
(American, 1940 - 2021)
Date1988
MediumSpit-bite aquatint and soft-ground etching on white Hahnemuhle paper
DimensionsSheet size: 20 15/16 × 15 1/2 in.
Plate size: 13 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.
Mat size: 30 × 24 in.
EditionEdition of 50
SignedSigned lower right in graphite: "C. Close 1988".
MarkingsPrinter's blindstamp at BRC: "ALDO / CROMMELYNCK / NEW YORK".
Watermark: (illegible from recto)
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, February 6, 1991
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1991.15
Label TextChuck Close's prints have a direct relationship to his oil portraits; they are based on a grid system. In some, he has employed mezzotint or lithography (using an airbrush or fingers and thumb) to define his forms within a grid. In this spit-bite aquatint, the areas within the grid resemble dabs of paint and result from Close's use of ferric acid, applied with a brush. The length of time the acid was allowed to bite the plate was carefully controlled to produce a particular tonality.Collections
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