Lyle
Artist: Chuck Close (American, 1940-2021)
Date: 2003
Dimensions:
Paper: 65 1/2 x 53 7/8 in.
Image: 58 1/4 x 47 7/8 in.
Medium: Silkscreen in 149 colors
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Pace Editions Inc. and the artist
Object number: 2016.206
Label Text:Chuck Close has achieved iconic status within the art world and beyond for his portraits executed on a massive scale. He is renowned for the inventive techniques he utilizes to paint the human face. Working from polaroid pictures, Close uses a grid to scale up to his preferred large size, painstakingly filling each square with intricate patterns to build a mosaic-like image. He has duplicated this effect in his screenprints.
This silkscreen depicts Lyle Ashton Harris (American, born 1965), a friend of Close and an artist who works in diverse mediums, including photography, video, installation, and performance, to explore ideas of gender, sexuality, belonging, and various cultural histories.
This silkscreen depicts Lyle Ashton Harris (American, born 1965), a friend of Close and an artist who works in diverse mediums, including photography, video, installation, and performance, to explore ideas of gender, sexuality, belonging, and various cultural histories.
DescriptionSilkscreen, depicts the artist Lyle Ashton Harris
Not on view