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Chuck Close : Life by Christopher Finch (2010, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrestel Gmbh & Co KG.

ISBN-103791336770

ISBN-139783791336770

eBay Product ID (ePID)80093375

Product Key Features

Book TitleChuck Close : Life

Number of Pages350 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicAmerican / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorChristopher Finch

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight20 oz

Item Length7.2 in

Item Width9.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-943596

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal759.13

SynopsisThis is the first book to tell the inspiring story of near tragedy and ultimate triumph behind the dazzling work of one of today's most respected and best-loved artists. Chuck Close is one of the most acclaimed American artists to emerge since Andy Warhol. His larger-than-life portraits look out from the walls of museums and galleries around the globe. His virtuosity and variety of technique, combined with the ambition and accessibility of his chosen subject matter the portrait re-invented on a heroic scale has made him a great favorite with the public and has won him the respect of his peers. Chuck Close has achieved fame, yet his full story has never been told until now. Author Christopher Finch has known Close since the late 1960s when the artist was creating his first masterpieces in an unheated SoHo loft. Finch chronicles Close's childhood battles with illness and dyslexia and his rise to the pinnacle of the 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. With style and authority, Finch reveals the human reality behind Close's visually eloquent but eternally silent portraits.

LC Classification NumberN6537