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Property from an Esteemed Collection

Chuck Close

Nat/Colored Pencil

Auction Closed

May 15, 11:34 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Esteemed Collection

Chuck Close

1940 - 2021

Nat/Colored Pencil

partially titled (lower center); signed, titled and dated 1973 (lower right)

colored pencil and graphite on paper

image: 7 ¼ by 6 ⅝ in. (18.4 by 16.8 cm.)

sheet: 30 by 22 ½ in. (76.2 by 57.2 cm.)

Executed in 1973.

Please refer to sothebys.com for an updated image and cataloging for this work.

John Berggruen, San Francisco (acquired directly from the artist in 1973)

PaceWildenstein, New York (acquired from the above in 1987)

Acquired from the above in 2001 by the present owner

Lisa Lyons and Robert Storr, Chuck Close, New York 1987, p. 86, illustrated in color

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