Signed and dated in lower right corner: "C Close 1977"
Titled in lower right corner, going up along right edge: "Self-Portrait / Pastel"
Gift of the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation
Chuck Close: Self-Portraits, 1967-2995, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, July 14 - October 16, 2005; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2005 - February 28, 2006
Late 20th-Century Works on Paper, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, February 18 - May 16, 1993
The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation Collection of Late Twentieth Century Art, Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, VA, February 27 - March 27, 1985
Contemporary Portraits from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA, December 7, 1984 - January 30, 1985
Chuck Close: Portraits, 1968-1980, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, September 28 - November 16, 1980; St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, December 4, 1980 - January 25, 1981; Chicago, February 6 - March 29, 1981; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, April 14 - June 14, 1981
Chuck Close, Kunstraum Munchen, Munich, Germany, June 28 - July 21, 1979
Copie Conforme?: Trois Realistes, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, April 18 - June 11, 1979
1979 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, February 6 - April 1, 1979
Late 20th-Century Works on Paper, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, February 18 - May 16, 1993
The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation Collection of Late Twentieth Century Art, Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, VA, February 27 - March 27, 1985
Contemporary Portraits from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA, December 7, 1984 - January 30, 1985
Chuck Close: Portraits, 1968-1980, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, September 28 - November 16, 1980; St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, December 4, 1980 - January 25, 1981; Chicago, February 6 - March 29, 1981; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, April 14 - June 14, 1981
Chuck Close, Kunstraum Munchen, Munich, Germany, June 28 - July 21, 1979
Copie Conforme?: Trois Realistes, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, April 18 - June 11, 1979
1979 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, February 6 - April 1, 1979
Weinberg, Jonathan. Chuck Close: Photo Maquettes. New York: Eykyn Maclean, 2013. (No. 4).
Ravenal, John B. Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007. (Pp. 204-205).
Friedman, Martin. Close Reading: Chuck Close and the Art of the Self-Portrait. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005. (Pp. 118-119).
Engberg, Siri, et al. Chuck Close: Self-Portrait, 1967-2005. San Francisco: Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue. (No. 12, p. 122; p. 140).
Lyon, Lisa and Robert Storr. Chuck Close. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1987. (P. 88).
Brandt, Frederick R., and Susan L. Butler. Late Twentieth Century Art: From the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation. Richmond, VA: Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, 1981. (No. 12, p. 15, illus.)
Chuck Close. Munich: Kunstraum Munchen, 1979. Exhibition catalogue. (No. 5).
De Andrea, John. Copie Conforme? Paris: Le Centre, 1979.
Ravenal, John B. Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007. (Pp. 204-205).
Friedman, Martin. Close Reading: Chuck Close and the Art of the Self-Portrait. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005. (Pp. 118-119).
Engberg, Siri, et al. Chuck Close: Self-Portrait, 1967-2005. San Francisco: Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue. (No. 12, p. 122; p. 140).
Lyon, Lisa and Robert Storr. Chuck Close. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1987. (P. 88).
Brandt, Frederick R., and Susan L. Butler. Late Twentieth Century Art: From the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation. Richmond, VA: Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, 1981. (No. 12, p. 15, illus.)
Chuck Close. Munich: Kunstraum Munchen, 1979. Exhibition catalogue. (No. 5).
De Andrea, John. Copie Conforme? Paris: Le Centre, 1979.
(Pace Gallery, New York); Purchased by The Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, Richmond, Virginia; Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia in October of 1985.
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