A large-scale maquette by Chuck Close, *Kiki* combines a Polaroid Polacolor photograph with tape and ink, mounted to foam-core, reflecting the artist's meticulous process of constructing monumental portraits from photographic source material. The work exemplifies Close's systematic grid-based approach, breaking the face of his subject into carefully segmented units that translate photographic information into a painterly composition. As both a preparatory document and an artwork in its own right, the piece offers intimate insight into Close's method of transforming the photographic image into his signature large-format portraits.