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Collection Online as of April 16, 2024

Lucas

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

Did You Know?

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

Description

For Lucas, Chuck Close adopted Pablo Picasso's reductive method of using one linoleum block that is progressively cut away and printed.
  • Glaubinger, Jane., "Chuck Close", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 01, January 1998 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 9 archive.org
  • Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
  • {{cite web|title=Lucas|url=false|author=Chuck Close|year=1988|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1994.111