Chuck Close

Sunflower

1989

Not on view

Date
1989

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 in. (75.9 × 55.9 cm) Image (Irregular): 26 3/4 × 20 7/8 in. (67.9 × 53 cm) Mount (board): 31 15/16 × 26 1/16 in. (81.1 × 66.2 cm)

Accession number
92.38.3

Edition
12/50 | 15 APs

Credit line
Gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

Rights and reproductions
© Chuck Close, courtesy Pace Gallery

API
artworks/8039

Part of a series:
The Indomitable Spirit
11 works

Barbed wire crosses over an abstract print showing a silhouetted utility pole and torn shapes.
Two men shake hands, one appearing as a translucent, glowing figure.
Two men in plaid suits stand side by side with blue and yellow circles covering faces.
A small dog sits on a three-step stool in two black-and-white side-by-side views.
Large sunflower head with densely packed seeds and drooping yellow petals.
Two hands cupping a swirling galaxy or black hole made of dust and stars.
Book cover titled The Indomitable Spirit showing nine labeled emotion panels and united against AIDS text.
A shelf with small classical sculptures and vases arranged among architectural fragments under warm orange light.
A dark shadow silhouette of a person in a dynamic pose with bent legs and hands on hips.
Hand holding a compact mirror showing a woman's eye reflected above a round powder puff.


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