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Chuck Close — Emily/Fingerprint
Chuck Close

Emily/Fingerprint

1986

This direct gravure etching exemplifies Close's innovative approach to portraiture by using fingerprints as the fundamental building blocks to construct the image, translating his signature grid-based methodology into an entirely tactile medium. The work demonstrates the artist's continued exploration of how systematic, process-driven techniques can create intimate human likenesses through unconventional mark-making.

Medium
Direct gravure etching
Dimensions
Edition
Edition of 45 of 45
Signed
Yes

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Chuck Close, Emily/Fingerprint, 1986

This direct gravure etching exemplifies Close's innovative approach to portraiture by using fingerprints as the fundamental building blocks to construct the image, translating his signature grid-based methodology into an entirely tactile medium. The work demonstrates the artist's continued exploration of how systematic, process-driven techniques can create intimate human likenesses through unconventional mark-making.

Medium
Direct gravure etching
Dimensions
137.4775 x 104.14 cm
Year
1986
Edition
of 45
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Hamilton Selway, Los Angeles, CA

Related themes

Face, Monochrome, American, Photorealism, Fingerprint, Portrait, Direct gravure, Technical, Black and White, Contemporary

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery