Chuck Close

Alex

1991

A stylized portrait of a person composed of numerous small, abstract shapes and dots in a limited color palette, primarily in shades of blue, black, and beige. The image has a pixelated effect, with the individual shapes creating the illusion of a face when viewed from a distance. The artwork is signed and numbered at the bottom, suggesting it is part of a limited series. The paper on which the portrait is printed has rough edges, adding to the textured appearance of the piece.
A stylized portrait of a person composed of numerous small, abstract shapes and dots in a limited color palette, primarily in shades of blue, black, and beige. The image has a pixelated effect, with the individual shapes creating the illusion of a face when viewed from a distance. The artwork is signed and numbered at the bottom, suggesting it is part of a limited series. The paper on which the portrait is printed has rough edges, adding to the textured appearance of the piece.

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Date
1991

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut

Dimensions
Sheet: 28 × 23 3/8in. (71.1 × 59.4 cm) Image: 23 1/4 × 19 5/16in. (59.1 × 49.1 cm)

Accession number
94.40

Edition
34/75 | 10 APs, 3 PPs, 5 TPs, 1 OP

Publication
Printed by Cherrywood Press; published by Spring Street Workshop, New York; published by Pace Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Chuck Close, courtesy Pace Gallery

API
artworks/8864

Chuck Close
24 works in the collection, 14 exhibitions

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