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Direct gravure etching. Emily/Fingerprint (1986) by Chuck Close is a direct gravure etching that exemplifies the artist’s meticulous engagement with portraiture and process. Depicting a frontal, tightly cropped portrait of a woman with curly hair and an unwavering gaze, the image reveals Close’s signature technique of building form through repeated marks—in this case, fingerprint impressions. The tonal variations created by layered prints of the artist’s own fingerprints generate remarkable depth and realism while foregrounding the physical act of making. Measuring 54 1/8 x 41 inches and issued in an edition of 45, the work bridges photorealism and conceptual art, emphasizing both likeness and material presence.
Emily/Fingerprint, 1986
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Direct gravure etching. Emily/Fingerprint (1986) by Chuck Close is a direct gravure etching that exemplifies the artist’s meticulous engagement with portraiture and process. Depicting a frontal, tightly cropped portrait of a woman with curly hair and an unwavering gaze, the image reveals Close’s signature technique of building form through repeated marks—in this case, fingerprint impressions. The tonal variations created by layered prints of the artist’s own fingerprints generate remarkable depth and realism while foregrounding the physical act of making. Measuring 54 1/8 x 41 inches and issued in an edition of 45, the work bridges photorealism and conceptual art, emphasizing both likeness and material presence.
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What is photorealism?
Photorealism is a genre of art or artistic movement that involves drawing, painting, and other graphic media in which the artist carefully studies a photograph and attempts to reproduce it as realistically as possible in another medium. While the term can broadly describe any artwork created in this manner, it specifically refers to a group of painters and paintings in the U.S. art movement that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
