Mark/Maquette I | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1994.35
People: Chuck Close, American (Monroe, Washington 1940 - 2021 Oceanside, New York)
Title: Mark/Maquette I
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1977
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/310060

Physical Descriptions

Medium

C-print (magenta color separation) mounted on foam-core with ball-point ink notations, black ink grid, and acrylic airbrush marks

Technique

Chromogenic print

Dimensions

actual: 51 x 40.3 cm (20 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Inscribed on mount: Magenta. Verso of mount, blue paint(?) and graphite: drawing of Mickey Mouse, with inscription: Walt Disney

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Chuck Close. Private Collector; to [G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year: 1994
Object Number: 1994.35
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Chuck Close: Recent Work, auct. cat. (New York, NY, 1979), n.p. (see section on "Mark"), repr.
Lisa Lyons and Martin Friedman, Close Portraits, exh. cat., Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN, 1980), pp. 70-71, repr.
Christopher Finch, Chuck Close: Work, Prestel (Munich and New York, 2007), p. 86, ill. (studio view)

Verification Level

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