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A finger-painted portrait of Chuck's grandmother Fanny reveals every crack and crevice in her benign but imposing face. By "painting skin with skin," as curator Robert Storr describes it, Close is able to get both himself and the viewer as close as possible to his cherished subject.
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Fanny / Finger-painting (detail at left)
1985
Oil-based ink on canvas
102 x 84"
National Gallery of Art, Washington
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