Finch Christopher Chuck Close (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: 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. Condition: Good.

Condition: Fine. - Small quarto [9-1/8 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. [32] pages, including 24 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Near fine. Catalog for an exhibition which toured in 1975 and 1976.

Hardcover. Large quarto. Hardcover. Bound in tan cloth with illustrated jacket. 335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm. Now available in a revised and expanded edition, this book offers the first comprehensive critical examination of one of America's most celebrated living artists. Chuck Close reinvented portraiture almost four decades ago with a series of nine-foot-tall, black-and-white likenesses of himself and fellow artists, which astonished an art world dominated by minimalism and conceptualism. Close has since explored an array of mediums. This lavish, large-format volume is the first to deal with all aspects of Close's career and to place them in a biographical context. Christopher Finch's insight into CLose's achievement comes by way of hundreds of studio visits and thousands of hours of conversation since he met Close in 1968. Finch provides an engaging, in-depth analysis of Close's portraits on canvas, from the continuous-tone airbrushed heads of the 1960s and '70s to the painterly "prismatic grids" of the past two decades. The more than 300 illustrations features in the book survey almost all of CLose's paintings, including his most recent work, together with a selection of his prints and multiples, and examples of his photographic oeuvre. This beautifully designed volume reveals not only the variety of pictorial strategies Close has devised, but the extrordinary personality of the artist behind the work. VG+. Light wear along the bottom edge of jacket.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 334 pages. Large retrospective monograph on American artist Chuck Close. Features text by Christopher Finch. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations, list of previous exhibitions, a bibliography, list of works illustrated and an index. A clean and tight very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Please note that this is a heavy and oversized book and will likely require extra shipping.

Condition: Sehr gut. 1. 350 S. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1315 Gebundene Ausgabe, Maße: 18.5 cm x 3.5 cm x 23.5 cm.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 336 pages, new condition; still sealed in shrinkwrap; clean and crisp. Foreign shipping may be extra.

334 S. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Gr. 4°. Sauberes Exemplar ohne Stempel und Anstreichungen. Zahlreiche Abbildungen und Tafeln. Kanten des Schutzumschlags minimal berieben. Sonst sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: eng.

gebundene Ausgabe. 335 S. mit Ill. / Schutzumschlag etw. bestaubt u. etw. rissig // Malerei , Geschichte 1961-2007 , Bildband, Ausstellungskatalog L048 9783791336763 *.* Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3200.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Chuck Close (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition , 1st. Printing,2010. Hardcover with the dust jacket, 350 page book. Signed by both the Author Christoph Finch and the Artist Chuck Close ( 1940 - 2021 ) on the first title page . illustrated with both color and black & white images of the work by Close. Condition : Fine Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Very Good 23.0 X18.0cms 32pp b/w Illusts Very Good Soft Cover Stapled Finch explains how Close executed these portrait drawings. Scarce title.

Chuck Close (illustrator). A very large and comprehensive catalogue of Chunk Close's incredible work. Signed by Chuck Close on an attached New Museum/AOL sticker inside front cover. The book and dust jacket are near fine condition with just some minor rubbing on the dust jacket. The beige cloth binding is in also in great condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 334 pages. Large retrospective monograph on American artist Chuck Close. Features text by Christopher Finch. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations, list of previous exhibitions, a bibliography, list of works illustrated and an index. A clean and tight very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Close on the half title page and uncommon as such. Please note that this is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: 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).

Prestel. London. 2104. Revised and expanded edition. Large 4to hardback in DW. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Small mark to half-title, pages slightly browned to margins otherwise a clean and sound copy in wrapper that is creased and worn along top edges.