Nat (Five Color States)

1971

Chuck Close

Artist, American, 1940 - 2021

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    5 dye imbibition prints with colored inks, masking tape, and acetate overlay

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Anita and Burton Reiner

  • Dimensions

    image (each): 48.9 x 39.37 cm (19 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
    mount (each): 60.96 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

  • Accession

    2005.108.2.a-e


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anita and Burton Reiner, Washington, DC; gift (partial and promised) to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

.a: signed, along right side of mount in red crayon: Close 1971; across top in red crayon: Nat; across bottom in red crayon: Magenta = State I; numbers written along top in black ink from 1 to 33; numbers written along left side in black ink from 1 to 36
.b: signed, along right side of mount in red crayon: Close 1971; across top in red crayon: Nat; across bottom in red crayon: Magenta + Cyanne = State II; numbers written along top in black ink from 1 to 33; numbers written along left side in black ink from 1 to 36; on verso by unknown hand, upper right center in blue ink: 19 x 25
.c: signed, along right side of mount in red crayon: Close 1971; across top in red crayon: Nat; across bottom in red crayon: Magenta + Cyanne + Yellow = State III; numbers written along top in black ink from 1 to 33 and letters written from A to Q; numbers written along left side in black ink from 1 to 36 and 1 to 18; letters written across bottom in black ink from A to Q; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: X; along right side: 24 3/4 x 27; on verso, various mathematical notions and measurements in graphite
.d: signed, along right side of mount in red crayon: Close 1971; across top in red crayon: Nat; across bottom in red crayon: Cyanne; numbers written along top in black ink from 1 to 33 and letters written from A to Q; numbers written along left side in black ink from 1 to 36 and 1 to 18; letters written across bottom in black ink from A to Q
.e: signed, along right side of mount in red crayon: Close 1971; across top in red crayon: Nat; across bottom in red crayon: Yellow; numbers written along top in black ink from 1 to 33; numbers written along left side in black ink from 1 to 36; on verso by unknown hand, center in black marker: Take to Chicago

Wikidata ID

Q64145860


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