What is the Big self-Portrait by Chuck Close about?
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On April 17, 1970, American painter Charles "Chuck" Close (b. 1940) exhibits his breakthrough painting Big Self-Portrait (1967-1968) publicly for the first time. The huge self-portrait, a painted enlargement of a close-up photo of the artist's face, is part of an exhibition titled Three Young Americans that opens that day at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College in Ohio. The exhibition, which runs through May 12, 1970, features the work of artists Neil Jenney (b. 1945) and Ron Cooper (b. 1943) in addition to Close. This first public display of Big Self-Portrait comes not long after the work's purchase by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The painting is both the first self-portrait of the artist's career (many will follow) and his first artwork sold to an arts institution.