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Lucas

1988
(American, 1940–2021)
America, 20th century
seven-step reduction linocut
Image: 37 x 31.8 cm (14 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer Fund in honor of the seveny-fifth anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland 1994.111
© Chuck Close, courtesy The Pace Gallery
Catalogue raisonné: Pernatto 53
Location: not on view
This artwork is known to be under copyright.

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Chuck Close frequently depicted his friends; this print is a portrait of artist Lucas Samaras.

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For Lucas, Chuck Close adopted Pablo Picasso's reductive method of using one linoleum block that is progressively cut away and printed.
Lucas

Lucas

1988

Chuck Close

(American, 1940–2021)
America, 20th century

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