Chuck CloseAmerican, 1940–2021Untitled Torso Diptych (LH)
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2008.226a-b
In the catalog
Sources
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Image: Whitney Museum of American Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Chuck Close
The whole life1997
Cancels the show at the Metropolitan Museum
Close abruptly cancels a major show of his work scheduled for 1997 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art then announces that it will present a major midcareer retrospective.
1998
A retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art presents a major midcareer retrospective curated by Kirk Varnedoe, which travels in 1999 to the Hayward Gallery in London and other venues.
1998
Documentary films about Close
PBS broadcasts Marion Cajori’s Emmy-nominated short Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress; another documentary, Chuck Close: Eye To Eye, is made the same year by his Yale classmate Paul Tschinkel. In 2007 Cajori expands her film into a full-length one.
