Self-Portrait

2000

Chuck Close

Associated Names
Chuck Close

Artist, American, 1940 - 2021

The image is a triptych with three separate portraits of the same individual. The person is a bald man with a neatly trimmed gray beard and mustache, wearing round glasses. The man has a solemn expression and a focused gaze. The portraits are in black and white, set against a dark, featureless background. The portraits have a black border or matting and do not show any jewelry or objects.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Chuck Close, New York; (Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Exhibition History

2000

  • Forty-Sixth Biennial Exhibition: Media/Metaphor, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, December 9, 2000 – March 5, 2001

2003

  • Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – December 8, 2003

2013

  • Roots and Links: Gifts from the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 23 – July 14, 2013

Inscriptions

on verso of each panel, signed by artist, center in black ink: Self Portrait / Triptych / © 2000 / Chuck Close

Wikidata ID

Q64145868

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