Lucas Samaras

Box #56
1966

A collection of colorful and textured objects arranged on a white surface, including a neon pink cube with a grid pattern, a multicolored holographic pyramid, a glittery box with a handle, a pair of shiny shoes inside a translucent pink fabric, and a box with various small, decorative items in compartments.
A collection of colorful and textured objects arranged on a white surface, including a neon pink cube with a grid pattern, a multicolored holographic pyramid, a glittery box with a handle, a pair of shiny shoes inside a translucent pink fabric, and a box with various small, decorative items in compartments.

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Date
1966

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Wood, yarn, chiffon fabric, straight pins, crystal beads, brass beads, brass pins, coral, spray paint, dried seahorse, crystallized rock, glass eye, seashell, glass sphere, mirrored stripping, photoreproductions, photograph and cardboard

Dimensions
Overall (closed): 12 3/8 × 12 3/16 × 12 3/16in. (31.4 × 31 × 31 cm)

Accession number
79.52a-e

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard and Jean Lipman

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Lucas Samaras
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