Chuck Close
Proteus

Proteus
Proteus
Proteus
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2021
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Proteus
Date1988
MediumDye diffusion transfer prints
DimensionsImage (.A, left panel): 89 1/4 × 43 1/2 in. (226.7 × 110.5 cm)
Sheet (.A, left panel): 102 × 43 1/2 in. (259.1 × 110.5 cm)
Image (.B, right panel): 98 × 43 1/2 in. (248.9 × 110.5 cm)
Sheet (.B, right panel): 102 × 43 1/2 in. (259.1 × 110.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 102 3/4 × 44 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (261 × 112.1 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Charles Engelhard Foundation
Object number91.43
Non exposé

Explore Further

Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Texas Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Chuck Close: A Work in Process," Art Institute of Chicago, February 4–April 16, 1989; The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, November 8, 1989–January 7, 1990.

"Past/Present: Photography from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 1991–February 9, 1992.

"Exploring Scale in Contemporary Art," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, January 23–March 14, 1993.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed and signed in black marker under image: lower border of left panel, "Proteus"; lower border of right panel, "1988 Chuck Close".

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Richard
Chuck Close
1969
Gelatin silver print with applied ink and masking tape
2002.808
portrait by Chuck Close, MFAH ACC 2007.1205
Chuck Close
1996
Inkjet print
2007.1205
Self-Portrait
Chuck Close
1997
Aquatint, artist's proof 8/10
2003.313
Environment/Antienvironment #39
Tim Close
1985
Silver dye bleach print
91.486
Studies in the Evolution of - Prototype for 'The Plot to Assassinate the Queen'
MANUAL
1975–1976
Dye diffusion transfer prints and gelatin silver prints on artist's mount
79.161
Various
110 gelatin silver prints, chromogenic prints, cyanotypes, internal dye diffusion transfer prints, and halftone prints
2021.588.1-.110
Fifty-thousand Contac Tiny Time Pills, no. 3
Victor Landweber
1976
Dye diffusion transfer prints
2002.3083
Mona Lisa: Problematics of Identity Theory I & II
MANUAL
1977
Internal dye diffusion transfer prints on artists' mounts
80.88.A,.B
Pick a Prop, Strike a Pose
1880–1970
Albumen silver prints, tintypes, cyanotypes, gelatin silver prints, chromogenic prints, internal dye diffusion transfer prints, lentincular prints
2020.137.5.1-.501
People Kissing
1880–1970
Albumen silver prints, tintypes, gelatin silver prints, offset lithographs, chromogenic prints, internal dye diffusion transfer prints
2020.137.3.1-.213
Here come the Animals
1880–1970
Albumen silver prints, tintypes, gelatin silver prints, chromogenic prints, internal dye diffusion transfer prints
2020.137.4.1-.184
Painting, Crafts & Scrapbooking Meets Photography
1880–1970
Albumen silver prints, gelatin silver prints, collages, embroidered postcards, chromogenic prints, internal dye diffusion transfer prints
2020.137.6.1-.196