| Chuck Close: Scribble Book Contributor(s): Close, Chuck, Sohn, Jerry (Editor), Holland, Nina (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 3865214924 ISBN-13: 9783865214928 Publisher: Steidl OUR PRICE: $135.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2010 Annotation: When confronted with the opportunity to make a children's book, the internationally renowned painter, photographer and printmaker Chuck Close quickly took to the idea of a publication without words. Scribble Book, presented in two accordion-folded volumes, is a self-portrait that emerges incrementally from the printing process--one plate and one color at a time. In the first volume, the viewer follows a series of nine individual plate proofs; in the second, we follow along with a corresponding series of nine progressive proofs, culminating in a nine-color self-portrait. By comparing the plate proofs against the progressive proofs, the viewer can ascertain not only the cumulative effect as each color is added to create the final nine-color etching, but also the compositional decisions and modulations made by Close at each stage of the project. The two accordion-folded volumes are accompanied by a separate text in which the artist gives a personal account of the drawing process. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Contemporary (1945- ) - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| Dewey: 741.609 |
| Physical Information: 1.57" H x 11.67" W x 14.11" (3.32 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When confronted with the opportunity to make a children's book, the internationally renowned painter, photographer and printmaker Chuck Close quickly took to the idea of a publication without words. Scribble Book, presented in two accordion-folded volumes, is a self-portrait that emerges incrementally from the printing process--one plate and one color at a time. In the first volume, the viewer follows a series of nine individual plate proofs; in the second, we follow along with a corresponding series of nine progressive proofs, culminating in a nine-color self-portrait. By comparing the plate proofs against the progressive proofs, the viewer can ascertain not only the cumulative effect as each color is added to create the final nine-color etching, but also the compositional decisions and modulations made by Close at each stage of the project. The two accordion-folded volumes are accompanied by a separate text in which the artist gives a personal account of the drawing process. |