Chuck Close
Born Monroe, Washington 1940. Lives New York.

Chuck Close is one of America’s most important living artists and has explored the art of printmaking for more than thirty years. He is an artist who has consistently challenged the accepted boundaries of the printmaking tradition through experimentation with varied forms and processes. The prints were acquired following MAM’s 2004 presentation of the exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration organized by Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston.

Both works are Collection Miami Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from the following donors donated in honor of David Lawrence and Aaron Podhurst:

Patricia Papper, the Podhurst Family, Gloria Scharlin, Mary and Howard Frank, Rose Ellen Meyerhoff Greene and Gerald Greene, Deborah and Larry Hoffman, George Lindemann, Gail Meyers and Andrew Hall, Nedra and Mark Oren, Beverly and Bill Parker, Vivian and Henry Philips in honor of Deborah and Larry Hoffman, Toni and Carl Randolph, Raquel and Michael Scheck, Terry and Rob Schechter, Bernice Steinbaum, Judy and Sherwood Weiser, Mireille Chancy-Gonzalez, Susana and Alberto Ibargüen, Marijean and Rafael Miyar, Peter Menéndez

Self-Portrait/Pulp 2001 Stenciled handmade paper pulp in 11 grays 57-1/2 x 40 inches Edition of 35, Artist’s Proof VII/VII

Self-Portrait 2004 Nineteen-color handprinted ukiyo-e woodcut 29-1/2 x 22-3/4 inches Edition of 50, Artist’s Proof IX/X