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Artworks
Chuck Close 1940, Monroe, WA, USA-2021, Oceanside, NY, USA
Brad, 2009Jacquard tapestry261,6 cm x 200,7 cmEdition 1 of 10
Edition of 10 + Exhibition ProofFurther images
In this work Brad Pitt breaks one of Hollywood’s golden rules by revealing all his flaws and wrinkles. In fact, not only did he opt for no photoshopping of his...In this work Brad Pitt breaks one of Hollywood’s golden rules by revealing all his flaws and wrinkles. In fact, not only did he opt for no photoshopping of his images, Pitt personally requested to be photographed by Chuck Close.
“You can’t be the fair-haired young boy forever. At some point he’ll have to become some sort of character actor. Maybe a photograph of him with his crow’s-feet and furrowed brow is good for him. It humanizes him. It makes him less of a cinema god and more of a person.”
– Chuck Close
Exhibitions
Chuck Close: Infinite. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Jun 18–Sep 25, 2021
Chuck Close: Photographs. Prints and Tapestries, “A Survey” 1978–2010, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Nov 5–30, 2011 (another edition).
Chuck Close: Selected Paintings and Tapestries 2005–2009. Pace, Wildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, New York, May 1–Jun 20, 2009 (another edition).Publications
Catalogue 'Chuck Close. Infinite'. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, 2021. pp. 6–7, 19, 76, 78–79, 83, 90
Chuck Close: Photographs, Prints and Tapestries, “A Survey” 1978–2010. Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, 2011: p. 19, illustrated.
The Magnolia Tapestry Project. Text by Nick Stone. Oakland, California: Magnolia Editions, 2009: 40, illustrated.
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