Chuck close artist (13 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Having known Chuck Close since the late 1960s when the artist was creating his first 'portrait' masterpieces in an unheated Soho loft, Finch chronicles Close's childhood battles with illness and dyslexia and his rise to the pinnacle ofthe art world. At the age of 48 he was struck down by an occluded spinal artery that left him a partial quadriplegic. With extraordinary determination, Close overcame this potentially career-ending disability, not only learning to paint again but producing work of extraordinary richness that equals or surpasses his previous achievements. Illus., 75 in color. 352p.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Having known Chuck Close since the late 1960s when the artist was creating his first 'portrait' masterpieces in an unheated Soho loft, Finch chronicles Close's childhood battles with illness and dyslexia and his rise to the pinnacle ofthe art world. At the age of 48 he was struck down by an occluded spinal artery that left him a partial quadriplegic. With extraordinary determination, Close overcame this potentially career-ending disability, not only learning to paint again but producing work of extraordinary richness that equals or surpasses his previous achievements. Illus., 75 in color. 352p.…

Oversized Hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Oversized Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Wrappers. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 64 pages. Paperback. Texts in English. Moderate wear overall with soiling and two brown spots on front cover. Previous owner's name is inscribed in ink on the half title with significant wear to the crown of the jacket. Still, the binding is tight, the interior (aside from aforementioned name) is otherwise clean and free of other markings. Bound in plain white stiff paper covers and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Many illustrations in both black and white and color. Book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Slim, oversized folio, approx 14 1/4 inches tall, color photographic reproductions, publisher s pictorial wrappers with flaps (bumps to corners, minor wear, very good).

Condizione: Very Good. 56 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A Couple of Ways of Doing Something replicates a deluxe limited-edition portfolio whose initial run was only 75 copies. This clothbound edition preserves the luxurious sensibility of the original with 22 extraordinary oversized daguerreotypes printed in rich tritone. Working with daguerreotype master Jerry Spagnoli to conquer the complexities of this venerable process, which yields images of astonishing detail and gravity, Chuck Close photographed many of the same artist-friends who have made regular appearances in his paintings over the years: Laurie Anderson, Lyle Ashton Harris, Cecily Brown, Gregory Crewdson, Carroll Dunham, Ellen Gallagher, Philip Glass, Bob Holman, Elizabeth Murray, Elizabeth Peyton, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, James Siena, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, James Turrell, Robert Wilson, Terry Winters, Lisa Yuskavage and himself. Each image is complemented by a poem on its subject by Bob Holman, the celebrated and widely published New York School poet who originated and hosted the famous Poetry Slams at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and now runs the Bowery Poetry Club. With the counterpoint of Holman's engaging poetry, the collected work becomes a transfixing group portrait of Close's influential and highly creative circle of friends and colleagues, as well as an exploration of a challenging photographic medium. Record # 352147.…

Condizione: Very Good. 56 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A Couple of Ways of Doing Something replicates a deluxe limited-edition portfolio whose initial run was only 75 copies. This clothbound edition preserves the luxurious sensibility of the original with 22 extraordinary oversized daguerreotypes printed in rich tritone. Working with daguerreotype master Jerry Spagnoli to conquer the complexities of this venerable process, which yields images of astonishing detail and gravity, Chuck Close photographed many of the same artist-friends who have made regular appearances in his paintings over the years: Laurie Anderson, Lyle Ashton Harris, Cecily Brown, Gregory Crewdson, Carroll Dunham, Ellen Gallagher, Philip Glass, Bob Holman, Elizabeth Murray, Elizabeth Peyton, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, James Siena, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, James Turrell, Robert Wilson, Terry Winters, Lisa Yuskavage and himself. Each image is complemented by a poem on its subject by Bob Holman, the celebrated and widely published New York School poet who originated and hosted the famous Poetry Slams at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and now runs the Bowery Poetry Club. With the counterpoint of Holman's engaging poetry, the collected work becomes a transfixing group portrait of Close's influential and highly creative circle of friends and colleagues, as well as an exploration of a challenging photographic medium. Record # 352148.…

Hardcover. Quarto, 184 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black and blue print. Dust jacket has b&w artist portrait on rear panel; light edge wear, shrinking of plastic film on front panel. Boards in pink cloth; slight wear to spine caps and corners, toning to bottom edge. Text block has spine break at page 80. Illustrated: color and b&w. Inscribed in ink by the artist on page [7]. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area. 1405357. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 350 pages. Published in 2010. The artist's oral autobiography. With accompanying art and photographs. One of the most valuable art books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. The production values are sublime, featuring brilliant reproductions of Chuck Close's work, vintage photographs, and contemporary images of the wheelchair-bound artist at work. Edited by Christopher Finch in close collaboration with the artist, whose voice rises eloquently on every page. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Munich, Germany to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "Chuck Close: Life". The companion volume to "Chuck Close: Work" (2010), work and life being inseparable, not just complementary for every true artist, not just Close. He is also Modern art's Multiple-Disability Incarnate. His success is not just remarkable, it is awe-inspiring even though he tells it in the most unsentimental, matter-of-fact manner. Suffering from dyslexia, neuromuscular problems, and prosopagnosia, a perceptual disorder that interferes with his ability to recognize faces, Close describes his art as one of "maximizing skills and minimizing deficits". "A richly textured narrative covering every phase of Close's evolution, following him to Yale as a hippie abstract painter to 1960's Downtown New York, where Close and his wife, Leslie, were art pioneers. Close realized that the human face was his great subject, and that his approach would involve brutal detail and monumental scale" (Donna Seaman). The most touching parts are where Chuck Close, a cool persona to his core, talks about how art saved his life, by goading him to persevere, overcome, and ultimately prevail where lesser souls would have succumbed to self-pity, self-neglect, and self-destruction. As such, he will be sorely missed. An absolute "must-have" title for Chuck Close collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the half-title page by both Chuck Close and Christopher Finch. They signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This book uniquely shows Chuck Close's portrait of Christopher Finch on the DJ flap. This title is a contemporary art book classic. As far as we know, this is the only such double-signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest artists of the 20th century and our time. A fine collectible copy. ISBN 3791336770. Signed by Author.…

12.25 x 10 inches. 224 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed in 2002 by author on title-page. "The most comprehensive assessment of Chuck Close's work yet published, this volume accompanied a mid-career retrospective exhibition that opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on February 25, 1998. A leading figure in the New York art world since the early 1970s, Close has recently concentrated on portraits of his artist friends and colleagues, characterized by colorful patterning and vivid brushwork. Subjects include Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Alex Katz, Kiki Smith, Lucas Samaras and Lorna Simpson. Here, more than 90 paintings, prints, drawings and photographs are reproduced, along with details and comparative illustrations.". Slightly leaned, sheet edges slightly toned.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. First printing of the revised edition. A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean copy, in an unclipped jacket. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. This copy has been SIGNED by both Finch and Close on the half-title page (as pictured). Ferry-Art. Signed by Author(s).…

Vintage black-and-white press photograph of a child confronting Chuck Close's massive classic painting, "Frank," at a Childrens' Festival held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (where the painting is held) in January 1991. Shot by Star Tribune (and Corbis contributor) Marlin Levison. 8 x 10 inches. Irregular margins as struck, with measurement annotations at the left margin. Fine.…