A Couple of Ways of Doing Something

First edition of A Couple of Ways of Doing Something by Chuck Close. First impression. Medium format hardback in fine condition. 

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This oversize volume features twenty daguerreotype portraits by Chuck Close, images of astonishing detail and gravity. He photographed many of the same artist-friends who have made regular appearances in his paintings over the years: Laurie Anderson, Lyle Ashton-Harris, Cecily Brown, Gregory Crewdson, Carroll Dunham, Ellen Gallagher, Philip Glass, Bob Holman, Elizabeth Murray, Elizabeth Peyton, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, James Siena, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, James Turrell, Robert Wilson, Terry Winters, Lisa Yuskavage, and himself.