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Close built the face one mark at a time — pink, lime, and indigo dots that resolve into a portrait only when you step back.

Chuck Close

Painter · Photorealism · 1940–2021

American Photorealist whose mosaic portraits built a face out of thousands of small marks in pink, lime, and indigo.

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Close built the face one mark at a time — pink, lime, and indigo dots that resolve into a portrait only when you step back.

American Photorealist whose mosaic portraits built a face out of thousands of small marks in pink, lime, and indigo.

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