Description
This very important volume on Chuck Close’s innovative and groundbreaking techniques presents a life’s work in printmaking by some of the influential artists of our time. For the reason that retrospective exhibition of Chuck Close’s prints first started touring in 2003, it has visited some 20 venues around the globe, at the same time as the artist has persisted in working prolifically and brilliantly in quite a lot of print media. Revealing the full arc of Close’s career in printmaking, including his most contemporary work and technical achievements, this book features the whole thing from woodcuts, Woodbury types, and anamorphic etchings to felt hand-stamp prints, pulp-paper multiples, and watercolor pigment prints. With a thorough introduction, an essay by the distinguished scholar Richard Shiff, and interviews with the artist and master printmakers, this classic study will stand as the definitive reference on Close’s print practice for future years.