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Lyle

Artist Chuck Close (American, 1940-2021)

Date2003

DimensionsPaper: 65 1/2 x 53 7/8 in.
Image: 58 1/4 x 47 7/8 in.

MediumSilkscreen in 149 colors

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Pace Editions Inc. and the artist

Object number

2016.206

Not on View

DescriptionSilkscreen, depicts the artist Lyle Ashton Harris

Label TextChuck 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.Published ReferencesKlein, Richard, "Lyle Ashton Harris & Chuck Close: A Conversation," in Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, Fall/Winter 2000, No. 11-12, pp. 56-63.

Sultan, Terrie, Chuck Close and Richard Shiff, Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2003.