Chuck Close

Feb 26–May 26, 1998

MoMA

Chuck Close. Self-Portrait. 1997. Oil on canvas, 8ʹ 6ʺ × 7ʹ (259.1 × 213.4 cm). Gift of Agnes Gund, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Donald L. Bryant, Jr., Leon Black, Michael and Judy Ovitz, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, Leila and Melville Straus, Doris and Donald Fisher, and purchase. © 2016 Chuck Close. Photo: Paige Knight

This exhibition presents the full spectrum of the career of American artist Chuck Close, a leading figure in contemporary art since the early 1970s, and includes some ninety paintings, drawings, and photographs.

Publications

  • Chuck Close : [brochure] February 26 through May 26, 1998, the Museum of Modern Art, New York Out of print, 12 pages
  • Press release 3 pages
  • Press release 1 page

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