Lucas Samaras

Sitting 8 x 10 (19H)

1978

A naked person sits on a small stool with their back turned under colorful stage lighting.
A naked person sits on a small stool with their back turned under colorful stage lighting.

Lucas Samaras, Sitting 8 x 10 (19H), 1978. Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid), sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.6 × 21.4 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President, in honor of The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation 2014.155

Recto

Not on view

Date
1978

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.6 × 21.4 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)

Accession number
2014.155

Credit line
Gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President, in honor of The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/16648




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