Chuck Close, the Big Picture; The Artist's New Perspective After the 'Event' of a Lifetime From: The Washington Post | Date: February 22, 1998| Author: Paula Span | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

In Chuck Close's studio, half a dozen portraits sit propped against the walls, staring at the man who made them. There's his daughter Maggie, over by the desk, and sculptor John Chamberlain, looking thoughtful on the side wall. Close's painter pal Mark Greenwold gazes out from a vast canvas near the stairs. Like a stack of other paintings already crated or shrouded in bubble wrap, they're waiting to be trucked uptown to the Museum of Modern Art.

Thirty years' worth of work is bei...

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