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Home > Man & His Life > Timeline > 1970's
Timeline: 1970 - 1979
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1972 |
At the urging of Bob Feldman of Parasol Press, Close works with Kathan Brown
of Crown Point Press in Oakland, California, on Keith/Mezzotint.
Parasol Press publishes an edition of ten prints. The Museum of Modern Art
in New York purchases one of the edition for its permanent collection. |
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1973 |
Keith/Mezzotint, shown in conjunction with its nineteen progressive
proofs, is the focus of Close 's first exhibition at New York's Museum of
Modern Art, Project 11: Chuck Close/Liliana Porter (January 11-
February 25, 1973).
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1975 |
Close works with Jack Lemon
and David Keister at Landfall Press in Chicago to create his first
lithograph, Keith/Four Times, where he is challenged by the
parameters of the medium. Chuck Close:Keith,
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 5-February 2, 1975.
Traveled to Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana;Phoenix Art
Museum, Arizona, June 1-29; The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, July
18-August 31. |
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1977 |
Chuck works for several months in his studio creating the plate for
Self-Portrait, an etching printed at Crown Point Press by Patrick Foy,
with whom he also works on the aquatint etching Self-Portrait/White Ink. |
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1978 |
Begins fingerprint drawings by inking his finger and making impressions on
the gridded surface of the paper. The first application of his technique
occurs with the recycled image of Phil, Phil/Fingerprint(1978); the last,
Leslie, dates from 1986. |
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1979 |
Copie Conforme?, Centre of Georges Pompidou, Paris, April 18-June 11,
1979. |
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