| Description |
343 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Portrait of the portraitist -- The day of infamy -- Beginnings -- Soho immersion -- The chosen ones--Close's models -- Photographs into paintings -- Back to the studio -- The power grid -- The magic mark-marker -- Looking into himself: the self-portraits -- Revelations -- The first big one: the 1968 big self-portrait -- The hairy revolutionary: the descendents of a 1975 photograph -- Mid-70s meditations -- Dotted faces: 1986 and 1987 -- Post-hospital mirrorings and phantoms: 1991-1995 -- Color close-ups: 1996 and 1997 -- A Jovian close: 2000-2001 -- Back to raw basics: black-and-white masks -- Behind his faces -- Memory games -- Close's artist models -- Artists painting artists -- Richard Artschwager -- Francesco Clemente -- Lyle Ashton Harris -- Jasper Johns -- Alex Katz -- Robert Rauschenberg -- Lucas Samaras -- Cindy Sherman -- Kiki Smith -- William Wegman -- Coda. borah Aaronson; phone: 212-229-7175; fax: 212-229-0312; email: daaronson@abramsbooks.com; bc: plowry@abramsbooks.com |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Close, Chuck, 1940-
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Artists -- United States -- Portraits.
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Artists -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Self-portraits.
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Biographies.
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Portraits.
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| LC no. |
2005008913 |
| ISBN |
0810959208 alkaline paper |
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