Mark/Maquette (Experiment) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1994.40
People: Chuck Close, American (Monroe, Washington 1940 - 2021 Oceanside, New York)
Title: Mark/Maquette (Experiment)
Other Titles: Former Title: Study for the Painting "Mark"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1977
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/310067

Physical Descriptions

Medium: C-print (magenta and yellow color separation) with ball-point ink grid, mounted on foam-core
Technique: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: actual: 51 x 40.3 cm (20 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

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
Copyright: © Chuck Close
Accession Year: 1994
Object Number: 1994.40
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.

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