Big Self-Portrait
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Big Self-Portrait is a monumental photorealistic painting by American artist Chuck Close that helped establish his reputation for large-scale, grid-based portraiture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Self-Portrait canonical | 3 |
| Big Self-Portrait (Chuck Close) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13469468 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Self-Portrait Context triple: [Chuck Close, notableWork, Big Self-Portrait]
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A.
Triple Self-Portrait
Triple Self-Portrait is a famous 1960 painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell that humorously depicts himself painting his own likeness while consulting multiple self-references, including a mirror and earlier portraits.
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B.
Study for a Self-Portrait
Study for a Self-Portrait is a haunting, distorted self-portrait painting by Francis Bacon that exemplifies his raw, emotionally charged style and exploration of the human condition.
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C.
The Self-Portrait
The Self-Portrait is a painted self-depiction by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, reflecting his status as a prominent Mannerist and Baroque painter.
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D.
Bad Self Portraits
Bad Self Portraits is a soulful, retro-inspired pop and jazz-infused album by Lake Street Dive that helped bring the band wider recognition.
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E.
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror is a landmark 1975 poetry collection by John Ashbery, renowned for its complex, meditative style and its title poem, which won multiple major literary awards.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Self-Portrait Target entity description: Big Self-Portrait is a monumental photorealistic painting by American artist Chuck Close that helped establish his reputation for large-scale, grid-based portraiture.
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A.
Triple Self-Portrait
Triple Self-Portrait is a famous 1960 painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell that humorously depicts himself painting his own likeness while consulting multiple self-references, including a mirror and earlier portraits.
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B.
Study for a Self-Portrait
Study for a Self-Portrait is a haunting, distorted self-portrait painting by Francis Bacon that exemplifies his raw, emotionally charged style and exploration of the human condition.
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C.
The Self-Portrait
The Self-Portrait is a painted self-depiction by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, reflecting his status as a prominent Mannerist and Baroque painter.
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D.
Bad Self Portraits
Bad Self Portraits is a soulful, retro-inspired pop and jazz-infused album by Lake Street Dive that helped bring the band wider recognition.
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E.
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror is a landmark 1975 poetry collection by John Ashbery, renowned for its complex, meditative style and its title poem, which won multiple major literary awards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
photorealistic painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Big Self-Portrait (Chuck Close)
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linked to:
Big Self-Portrait
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| artForm | portrait painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
early landmark of American Photorealism
ⓘ
key work in Chuck Close’s career ⓘ |
| artist | Chuck Close ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| basedOnTechnique | grid-based painting ⓘ |
| colorMode | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creationMethod | painting from a photograph ⓘ |
| creator | Chuck Close ⓘ |
| depictionDetail | highly magnified facial features ⓘ |
| depictionStyle | front-facing head ⓘ |
| depictionType | self-portrait ⓘ |
| depicts | Chuck Close ⓘ |
| genre | Photorealism ⓘ |
| hasDimensionCharacteristic | monumental scale ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cigarette in mouth
ⓘ
close-up of head and shoulders ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| inCollection | Walker Art Center ⓘ |
| influenced | later large-scale grid portraits by Chuck Close ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minneapolis
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| location | Walker Art Center ⓘ |
| medium |
acrylic paint
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canvas ⓘ |
| movement |
Contemporary art
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Photorealism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
grid-based portraiture
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hyper-detailed depiction of the face ⓘ large scale ⓘ role in establishing Chuck Close’s reputation ⓘ |
| orientation | vertical ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | portrait of an artist ⓘ |
| title | Big Self-Portrait ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
gridding
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photographic enlargement ⓘ photorealistic rendering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Big Self-Portrait Description of subject: Big Self-Portrait is a monumental photorealistic painting by American artist Chuck Close that helped establish his reputation for large-scale, grid-based portraiture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Big Self-Portrait