Chuck Close: Recent Work Books collects a series of vibrant

collects a series of vibrant paintings inspired by the roses growing in the cemetery near Van Gogh’s grave in Auvers-sur-Oise

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Chuck Close

Each of the 500 unique works from the project consists of a signed print of the final root system

Chuck Close: Recent Work Books collects a series of vibrantPublished on the occasion of the artists first exhibition at Pace, held in New York in 1977, Chuck Close: Recent Work documents a selection of portraitsincluding a self portraitrendered in acrylic, watercolor, and ink and pencil on canvas and paper. Images of Close working in his studio provide a look into his process.