Keith: Six Drawings

Date1979

Artist Chuck Close (American, 1940 - 2021)

Published by Lapp Princess Press

CultureAmerican

MediumOffset-printed artist's book; accordion bound

EditionFirst edition, from an edition of 2,000

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (15.6 x 15.6 cm)
Extended/Open: 6 x 45 1/2 x 4 in. (15.2 x 115.6 x 10.2 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Timothy Cole Fund

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

InscribedInterior, on colophon, printed: KEITH/SIX DRAWINGS/1979 / Chuck Close / KEITH/SQUARE FINGERPRINT / Stamp Pad Ink on Paper / KEITH/WATERCOLOR / Watercolor on Paper / KEITH/ROUND FINGERPRINT / Stamp Pad Ink on Paper / KEITH/WHITE CONTE/ White Conte Crayon on Black Gouache on Paper / KEITH/INK STICK / Spring Street Bar Swizzle Stick and Ink on Paper / KEITH/RANDOM FINGER PRINT / Stamp Pad Ink on Paper / Copyright © 1979 by LAPP PRINCESS PRESS, LTD, 27 E. 11th St., NY 10003; Exterior, backing, printed right edge [vertically]: LAPP PRINCESS PRESS, LTD in association with PRINTED MATTER, INC. / Amy Baker, editor □ ISBN: 0-930378-12-1 □ LC 79-92753; lower left corner: 12 CHUCK CLOSE / KEITH/SIX DRAWINGS/1979

BibliographyBrier, Jessica D.. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 22 ProvenancePurchased from Laurence McGilvery

Vassar Exhibitions

On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print

Exhibition HistoryOn the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022
DescriptionAn accordion bound book featuring six portraits of a man comprised of different black and white mediums executed within a grid with detail images of each portrait on the page across from the page of the full-scale work.

Terms

male

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