Self-Portrait/White ink Artist: Chuck Close (American, 1940–2021, B.F.A 1963, M.F.A. 1964, HON, 1996)
Printer and publisher: Crown Point Press (San Francisco, founded 1962)

1978

Prints and Drawings

Not on view
Medium

Surface-rolled etching in white ink on black paper

Dimensions

sheet: 54 1/2 × 40 3/4 in. (138.4 × 103.5 cm)
framed: 56 3/4 × 43 1/2 in. (144.1 × 110.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison H. Augur, B.A. 1964, in honor of Richard S. Field

Accession Number

1998.50.2

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 328, 413, pl. 313
Object copyright
© Chuck Close; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

etchings, self-portraits

Marks

Blind stamp LL corner: C. Close [simulation of signature] / Crown Point Press / Patrick Foy

Inscriptions

Inscribed at LL in graphite: A.P. At LC in graphite: Self portrait / white ink

Signed

Signed at LR in graphite: C. Close 1978

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