Artist Monograph

Chuck Close, American

American, 1940–2021

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	16	31.4%
Drawing	7	13.7%
Printmaking	5	9.8%
Oil Painting	5	9.8%
Screenprint	4	7.8%
Photography	4	7.8%
Etching	4	7.8%
Woodcut	2	3.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	36	70.6%
Photography	10	19.6%
Painting & Sculpture	5	9.8%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 27
Photograph — 10
Drawing — 8
Painting — 5
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	14.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	20	41.7%
Large (1–3 m)	21	43.8%

Range: 16.5 cm → 274.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1972	1
1975	1
1976	1
1977	1
1978	2
1990	2
1992	3
1994	1
1995	1
1996	2
1998	2
1999	2
2000	9
2001	3
2002	4
2003	3
2005	1
2007	2
2008	3
2010	4
2011	2
2012	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 51 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Study for Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 732.1978	1968	Gelatin-silver print, ink, pencil, and pressure-sensitive tape on board	18 5/8 x 13 3/8" (47.2 x 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Norman Dubrow
Keith/Mezzotint Print Acc. 293.1972	1972	Mezzotint	plate: 44 11/16 x 35 5/16" (113.5 x 89.7 cm); sheet: 50 15/16 x 41 13/16" (129.4 x 106.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Robert (maquette) Drawing Acc. 77.1996.a-d	1973	Gelatin silver prints with pressure-sensitive tape, airbrush, pen, ink, pencil and colored ballpoint pen on foamcore	50 3/4 x 40" (128.9 x 101.6 cm) a) 23 3/4 x 19 3/4" b) 23 3/4 x 20" c) 27 1/4 x 19 3/4" d) 27 1/4 x 20" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Robert/104,072 Painting Acc. 286.1976	1973-74	Acrylic and ink with graphite on gessoed canvas	9' x 7' (274.4 x 213.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of J. Frederic Byers III and gift of an anonymous donor
Don (Maquette) Drawing Acc. 1438.2005	1975	Ink, pencil, and pressure-sensitive tape on gelatin silver print on paperboard	6 1/2 x 5 1/2" (16.5 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Keith/Four Times Print Acc. 251.1975	1975	Lithograph	composition 20 9/16 x 30 5/16" (52.2 x 77 cm) sheet 30 x 80" (76.2 x 203.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Beth Lisa Feldman
Phil from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio Print Acc. 181.1977.4	1976, published 1977	One from a portfolio of thirteen rubber stamps	composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 x 5 9/16" (18 x 14.1 cm); sheet: 8 x 8" (20.3 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parasol Press, Ltd. and the Publications Department of The Museum of Modern Art
Robert Drawing Acc. 78.1996	1977	Ink, colored ink, felt-tip pen, and pencil on gelatin silver print with pressure-sensitive tape on foamcore	12 x 10 1/2" (30.5 x 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Herbert and Nannette Rothschild Memorial Fund in memory of Judith Rothschild
Self-Portrait Print Acc. 402.1978	1977	Etching and aquatint	plate: 44 5/8 × 35 3/4" (113.4 × 90.8 cm); sheet: 53 7/8 × 40 3/4" (136.8 × 103.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Self-Portrait 6×1 Drawing Acc. 23.2011	1977	Ink and pencil on paper	29 7/8 x 22 1/4" (75.9 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz
Large Mark Pastel Drawing Acc. 114.2002	1978	Pastel, watercolor, and pencil on paper mounted on paper	55 3/4 x 43 1/4" (141.6 x 109.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of UBS
Self-Portrait Photograph Acc. 169.1992	1980	Instant print (Polaroid)	79 15/16 × 39 15/16" (203 × 101.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Phyllis Drawing Acc. 22.2011	1982	Pasted paper pulp on canvas	24 1/4 x 20" (61.6 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz
Self-Portrait Manipulated Print Acc. 1335.2000	1982	Handmade paper	Composition: 29 5/16 x 20 7/8" (74.5 x 53 cm); sheet: 38 3/16 x 27 15/16" (97 x 71 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Tuner Fund and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Fund
Marta/Fingerprint Print Acc. 382.1991	1986	Transfer etching	composition: 46 × 36 1/2" (116.9 × 92.7 cm); sheet: 53 15/16 × 40 1/4" (137 × 102.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Francine Lembo
Lucas Samaras Photograph Acc. 327.1992	1987	Black and white instant print (Polaroid)	29 3/4 × 21 5/8" (75.5 × 55 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Lucas Print Acc. 7.1990.A-C	1988 (published 1989).	A: Linoleum cut; B and C: Book of 14 line blocks	composition: 14 5/16 x 12 3/16" (36.3 x 31 cm); sheet: 30 11/16 x 22 7/16" (78 x 57 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Elizabeth Painting Acc. 107.1990	1989	Oil on canvas	6' x 60" (183 x 152.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro
Phil Print Acc. 5.2000	1991	Woven silk tapestry	composition 45 1/2 x 33 3/16" (115.6 x 84.3 cm) irreg. sheet 53 15/16 x 38 7/16" (137 x 97.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Eileen and Peter Norton
Self-Portrait Painting Acc. 96.2002	1991	Oil on canvas	8' 4" x 7' (254 x 213.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of UBS
Alex/Reduction Print Print Acc. 142.1994	1993	Screenprint	composition 72 x 58" (182.9 x 147.4 cm) sheet 79 x 60 3/16" (200 x 152.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Pace Editions and the artist
Lucas/Woodcut Print Acc. 337.1998	1993	Woodcut and pochoir	composition: 36 x 30" (91.4 x 76.2 cm); sheet: 46 1/4 x 36" (117.5 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro in honor of Robert Storr and Deborah Wye
Self-Portrait Print Acc. 6.2000	1993	Woven silk tapestry	composition 44 3/4 x 32 3/4" (113.6 x 83.2 cm) irreg. sheet 53 7/8 x 38 1/16" (136 x 96.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Eileen and Peter Norton
Dorothea Painting Acc. 773.1995	1995	Oil on canvas	8' 6" x 7' 1/8" (259. x 213.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro; Enid A. Haupt Fund, Vassilis Cromwell Voglis Bequest (by exchange), and The Lauder Foundation Fund
Lucas Photograph Acc. 132.2002.a-d.x1-x2	1996	Inkjet prints, printed 2001	Overall: 88 × 68" (223.5 × 172.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Carol and Arthur Goldberg
Robert Rauschenberg Photograph Acc. 1929.2008	1996	Inkjet print, printed 2008	56 × 44" (142.2 × 111.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist in honor of Agnes Gund
Roy II Photograph Acc. 133.2002.a-d.x1-x2	1996	Inkjet prints, printed 2001	Overall: 88 × 68" (223.5 × 172.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Carol and Arthur Goldberg
Tina Photograph Acc. 416.2012	1996	Inkjet print, printed 2001	38 × 31 1/8" (96.5 × 79 cm) (irregular) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Carol and Arthur Goldberg
Jasper Johns Photograph Acc. 1930.2008	1997	Inkjet print, printed 2008	56 × 44" (142.2 × 111.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist in honor of Agnes Gund
Self-Portrait Painting Acc. 215.2000	1997	Oil on canvas	8' 6" x 7' (259.1 x 213.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Donald L. Bryant, Jr., Leon Black, Michael and Judy Ovitz, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, Leila and Melville Straus, Doris and Donald Fisher, and purchase
Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 294.2000	1997	Color instant print (Polaroid) mounted on foamcore with pressure-sensitive tape, ink, felt-tip pen, graphite and oil paint on board	36 x 24" (91.2 x 61 cm). ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Self-Portrait No. 1 Print Acc. 1337.2000	1997	Linoleum cut	Composition: 11 11/16 x 8 7/8" (29.7 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 23 5/8 x 17 15/16" (60 x 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Fund
Self-Portrait/Spitbite/White on Black Print Acc. 1336.2000	1997	Aquatint	Plate: 13 1/2 x 9 5/8" (34.3 x 24.4 cm); sheet: 21 x 15 3/4" (53.3 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Robert Print Acc. 610.1998	1998	Photogravure	sheet: 28 9/16 x 24 1/8" (72.5 x 61.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Parkett no. 60 Periodical Acc. 1140.2001.x1-x2	2000	Journal	plate 10 x 8 1/4" (25.5 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parkett
Self-Portrait Print Acc. 1338.2000	2000	Screenprint	Composition: 58 7/8 x 47 7/16" (149.5 x 120.5 cm); sheet: 65 3/4 x 54 1/8" (167 x 137.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Self-Portrait (for Parkett no. 60) Print Acc. 1129.2001	2000	Digital print	Composition: 15 3/8 x 11 7/8" (39 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Roxanne H. Frank Fund
Self-Portrait/Pulp/Pochoir Print Acc. 1341.2000	2000	Paper pulp and pochoir	composition and sheet: 25 3/16 x 19 5/16" (64 x 49 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Self-Portrait/Scribble/Etching Print Acc. 1339.2000	2000	Soft-ground etching	Composition: 9 13/16 x 8 1/16" (25 x 20.5 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 x 15 3/8" (46 x 39 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Self-Portrait/Scribble/Etching Box Set Print Acc. 1340.2000.1-25	2000	12 plate proofs and 12 progressive proofs	plate (each): 11 7/8 x 10" (30.1 x 25.4 cm); sheet (each): 18 1/8 x 15 3/8" (46 x 39 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from 1989 Print Acc. 1533.2001.1	2000	Digital print from a portfolio of four chromogenic color prints, four digital prints (one double-sided), one silver dye bleach print, one monotype and photoetching, and one etching and aquatint	composition: 11 7/8 × 19 15/16" (30.2 × 50.7 cm); sheet: 18 3/8 × 23 7/8" (46.7 × 60.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
Kirk Photograph Acc. 217.2007	2002	Daguerreotype	8 1/16 × 6 1/8" (20.5 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Phil Black Print Acc. 14.2003	2002	Relief print with embossing	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Phil Gray Print Acc. 15.2003	2002	Relief print with embossing	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Phil White Print Acc. 16.2003	2002	Relief print with embossing	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Ronald Photograph Acc. 218.2007	2002	Daguerreotype	8 1/16 × 6 1/8" (20.5 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Self-Portrait Print Acc. 410.2010	2007	Screenprint	sheet: 74 1/2 x 57 3/4" (189.2 x 146.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in honor of Deborah Wye
Kara Walker Photograph Acc. 1931.2008	2008	Inkjet print	47 × 34 1/2" (119.4 × 87.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist in honor of Agnes Gund
Phil/Fingerprint Print Acc. 411.2010	2009	Screenprint	sheet: 22 1/16 x 17 5/16" (56 x 44 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in honor of Deborah Wye
Roy Print Acc. 412.2010	2009	Paper pulp	sheet: 35 1/2 x 28 1/2" (90.2 x 72.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in honor of Deborah Wye
Self-Portrait Woodcut Print Acc. 413.2010	2009	Woodcut	composition: 28 x 23" (71.1 x 58.4 cm); sheet: 35 1/2 x 28 1/2" (90.2 x 72.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in honor of Deborah Wye