Self-Portrait
2000
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3 daguerreotypes
Dimensions
image (each): 20.96 × 15.4 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/16 in.) frame (each): 31.75 × 26.67 × 12.07 cm (12 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.) overall: 31.75 × 90.17 × 12.07 cm (12 1/2 × 35 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art)
Accession Number
2015.19.4873.a-c
About the Artist
Chuck Close
Chuck Close, born Charles Thomas Close on July 5, 1940, in Monroe, Washington, overcame significant early challenges including undiagnosed dyslexia, prosopagnosia (face blindness), a neuromuscular disorder, and nephritis that sidelined him from school. Art became his refuge; he honed his skills through private lessons and live model drawing. Close studied at Everett Community College before earnin...