Lucas
Maker
Chuck Close
(American, 1940 - 2021)
Date1996
MediumInkjet print on Somerset paper.
DimensionsImage: 39 5/8 × 30 3/4 in. (100.6 × 78.1 cm)
Sheet: 46 3/8 × 34 1/8 in. (117.8 × 86.7 cm)
Framed: 49 1/4 × 37 1/2 in. (125.1 × 95.3 cm)
Sheet: 46 3/8 × 34 1/8 in. (117.8 × 86.7 cm)
Framed: 49 1/4 × 37 1/2 in. (125.1 × 95.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Lester and Betty Guttman
Object number2014.220
Status
Not on view“There is a tradition of emphasizing those key areas of the face which control likeness, while the skin, neck, hair and background are not considered of primary importance in the reading of a portrait. I wanted to make those areas almost as interesting and important as the more symbolic areas of the face.”
-Chuck Close, Realists at Work (1983)
The subject of Lucas is photographer Lucas Samaras, who, like Close, is known for his self-portraits and is an avid proponent of Close’s preferred photographic medium, the Polaroid.
