Chuck Close

Sunflower

1989

Large sunflower head with densely packed seeds and drooping yellow petals.
Large sunflower head with densely packed seeds and drooping yellow petals.

Chuck Close, Sunflower, 1989. Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid), 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). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz 92.38.3. © Chuck Close, courtesy Pace Gallery

Recto

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

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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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