| Description |
x, 350 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Summary |
Tells the story of the life and works of American artist, Chuck Close, describing his various approaches to portraiture and his determination to overcome near paralysis from an anterior spinal stroke. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 343-344) and index. |
| Contents |
Born on the fifth of July -- Learning to be unafraid -- Life lessons -- Everett -- Breaking away -- Bicoastal adventures -- New Haven -- Transitions -- Rags and rats -- Grand unions -- Heads -- Recognition -- Downtown domesticity -- The grid emerges -- Widening horizons -- Family matters -- Leaving SoHo -- Prismatic grids -- The event -- Alex II -- Regeneration -- Head-on -- Process and pragmatism -- From the oval office to the Kremlin -- Inspiration is for amateurs -- Portraits of the artist -- You start off with a blank canvas. |
| Subject |
Close, Chuck, 1940-2021
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Close, Chuck, 1940-2021 -- Health.
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Portrait painters -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9783791336770 hardcover |
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3791336770 hardcover |
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