Roy II
Date
1994
Artist
Chuck Close, American, b. Monroe, Washington, 1940
Provenance
Pace-Wildenstein Gallery, New York, to 13 April 1995
Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program and the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1995
Exhibition History
PACE WILDENSTEIN GALLERIES, Los Angeles. "Chuck Close: Recent Paintings," 28 September-28 October 1995, color ill., front and back cover and p. 29. TOUR: PACE WILDENSTEIN GALLERIES, New York, 2 December-13 January 1996.
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. "Affinities: Chuck Close and Tom Friedman," 27 April-28 July 1996, no. 8 (brochure).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, no. 30, color ill. p. 25.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Chuck Close," 26 February-26 May 1998, color ill. p. 189. TOUR: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago, 20 June-13 September; HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 15 October-10 January 1999; SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, 18 February-9 May; HAYWARD GALLERY, London, 22 July-19 September 1999.
HOOD MUSEUM OF ART, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. "Surface and Depth: Trends in Contemporary Portrait Photography," 7 October 2000-11 March 2001, cat.
MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFIA, Madrid. "Chuck Close Paintings: 1968 / 2006," 6 February-7 May 2007, cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Strange Bodies," 11 December 2008-15 November 2009, no cat.
Published References
GUARE, JOHN. Chuck Close: Life and Work, 1988-1995 (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995), color ill. p. 105.
KIMMELMAN, MICHAEL. "Chuck Close's Big Change," New York Times (8 December 1995), ill. p. C28.
ANGELL, ROGER. "Life Work," New Yorker (15 January 1996), color ill. p. 49.
ANNE-LOUISE MARQUIS. "Chuck Close," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1996), p. 160; color ill. p. 161.
RILEY, CHARLES A. II, Ph.D. "Chuck Close: Is He America's Greatest Artist?" WE Magazine (June 1997), color ill. p. 64.
SHAW-EAGLE, JOANNA. "'Recent Acquisitions' at the Hirshhorn Paints Broad Sweep," Washington Times (20 July 1997), p. D4, ill.
JONES, JOYCE. "Recent and Recommended at the Hirshhorn," Washington Post (25 July 1997), p. 60, ill.
PROSE, FRANCINE. "The Gallery: Up Close to Close," Wall Street Journal (4 March 1998), p. A16.
HUGHES, ROBERT. "Close Encounters," Time Magazine, vol. 151, no. 14 (13 April 1998), color ill.
LUBBOCK, TOM. "Too Close for Comfort," The Independent (27 July 1999), ill. p. 10.
SEARLE, ADRIAN. "The Man with Two Brains," The Guardian (27 July 1999), ill. pp. 12-13.
TAYLOR, JOHN RUSSELL. "The Big Show: Chuck Close," Times Metro (21-27 August 1999), p. 1F, ill.
BENEZRA, NEAL and OLGA M. VISO with ARTHUR C. DANTO (essay). Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Ostfildern, Germany: Cantz, 1999), ill.
SHIFF, RICHARD. [essay] Chuck Close: Recent Paintings (New York: PaceWildenstein, 2000), pp. 9-10, fig. 4 (color).
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School
American Contemporary Realism
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program and Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1995
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
95.7
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
102 x 84 in. (259.1 x 213.4 cm)
