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First Edition bound in black cloth with yellow spine lettering. 75 b&w and 113 color plates. 4to size. 224 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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This well-produced, standard-format catalog is appropriately direct in summing up the career of one of America's great contemporary painters. For three decades Close has painted one subject?the human head?in a strikingly immediate, deceptively dispassionate manner. In the 27 years since his first museum show, he has struggled to overcome the label of photorealist, and the subtle but constant evolution demonstrated in this retrospective should finally prove that he never really belonged in that particular school. Instead, a man concerned with the vagaries of paint and its application, with the process of seeing, and with the creative process is what emerges from the 60 extremely rich reproductions, the three essays by Museum of Modern Art curators, and the candid interview. Complete end matter closes the volume. A perfect complement to John Guare's more personal account of Close's paralysis, Chuck Close (LJ 2/15/96), this is recommended for all but the smallest libraries.?Eric Bryant, "Library Journal" Danzker, Jo-Anne Birnie.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998. Softcover, 224 pp. Large format. Retrospective of photorealist artist Chuck Close (1940-2021), whose work influenced the portraiture genre in a major way. Near fine condition. Included with this purchase is a 10-page, folded newsprint promotion for this MOMA exhibition. It was found with the book. See photos. Seller Inventory # ABE-1717959131350
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 224 pages. Monograph published in conjuction with a traveling exhibition that ran at the Museum of Modern Art, New York between Feb. 26, 1998 and May, 26, 1998 and then went on to Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Seattle. Features text by Robert, Chuck Close, Kirk Varnedoe, Deborah Wye. Includes 113 color plates and 75 black and white illustrations, an illustrated chronology compiled by Fereshteh Daftari, bibliography, and a list of previous exhibitions. A clean and tight near fine copy in black cloth boards with a slight lean and in a very near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 197899
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[0-8109-6184-9] 1998. (4to) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 224pp. Black & white and color photographs and illustrations, chronology, exhibition history. Remainder mark on top edge and the dust jacket is lightly edgeworn. Art of Chuck Close. (Art, Exhibition Catalog--Museum of Modern Art). Seller Inventory # 155938
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. For the past 30 years, American artist Chuck Close (b. 1940) has had essentially one subject, the human face. Since 1968, when Close made the first of his monumental portraits -- an airbrushed black-and-white image of his own head greatly enlarged from a passport-style photograph -- he has explored every conceivable formal permutation of this apparently simple representational problem. This volume, the most comprehensive assessment of Close's work yet published, accompanies a mid-career retrospective exhibition opening 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. For the past 30 years, American artist Chuck Close (b. 1940) has concentrated on essentially one subject: the human face. This volume, the most comprehensive assessment of Close's work yet published, includes portraits of Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Alex Katz, Lucas Samaras, and others. It accompanies a mid-career retrospective opening at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in February 1998. 178 illustrations, 113 in color. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. Seller Inventory # 325565
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Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New clothbound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket with a touch of tanning. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The catalogue for a major traveling mid-career retrospective of the work of Chuck Close, with essays by Robert Storr, Kirk Varnedoe, and Deborah Wye and an interview with the artist conducted by Storr. 223 pages; 113 color plates + 75 b&w text illustrations; 9.75 x 12.5 inches. Chronology, bibliography, exhibition history. Seller Inventory # 16241
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Rigida. Condition: Ottimo (Fine). Testo in inglese, 224 p., f.to cm 31x24, copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, illustrazioni a colori. Ottime condizioni. Book. Seller Inventory # bc_131949
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good+ condition (DJ). First Edition. 224 pages. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with a few small scuffs and creases; protected in archival mylar. Contains 113 color plates and 75 black and white illustrations. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Size: Folio. Book. Seller Inventory # 017257
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition. 1st Edition. 224 pages. Hardcover exhibition catalogue. Texts in English. Inscribed and signed by the artist on the half title: "To David / Chuck Close / 2003." There are no other internal markings, the binding is tight, the edges and corners on the boards are sharp, and dustjacket is bright and unblemished, having been protected by a Mylar sleeve. Bound in black cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket, published on the occasion of the exhibition held from February 26-May 26, 1998, traveling subsequently to Chicago, Washington, and Seattle. Inscribed by the Artist. Book. Seller Inventory # 025980