Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Finch, Christopher. Title: Chuck Close : life / Christopher Finch. Publisher, Date: Munich ; New York : Prestel, 2010. Description: x, 350 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm Summary: Tells the story of the life and works of American artist, Chuck Close, describing his various approaches to portraiture and his determination to overcome near paralysis from an anterior spinal stroke. Subjects: Close, Chuck, 1940-2021. Close, Chuck, 1940-2021 -- Health. Portrait painters -- United States -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (pages 343-344) and index. Contents: Born on the fifth of July -- Learning to be unafraid -- Life lessons -- Everett -- Breaking away -- Bicoastal adventures -- New Haven -- Transitions -- Rags and rats -- Grand unions -- Heads -- Recognition -- Downtown domesticity -- The grid emerges -- Widening horizons -- Family matters -- Leaving SoHo -- Prismatic grids -- The event -- Alex II -- Regeneration -- Head-on -- Process and pragmatism -- From the oval office to the Kremlin -- Inspiration is for amateurs -- Portraits of the artist -- You start off with a blank canvas. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2009943596 ISBN: 9783791336770 3791336770 9783791336770 3791336770 Other Number: 475438241 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 264812 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 759.13 Close Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
