Lucas Samaras

Sitting 8 x 10 (52F)

1980

A shirtless man sits on a wooden chair against a black-and-white checker backdrop lit by colorful lamps.
A shirtless man sits on a wooden chair against a black-and-white checker backdrop lit by colorful lamps.

Lucas Samaras, Sitting 8 x 10 (52F), 1980. 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 Yannis Costopoulos 2014.156

Recto

Not on view

Date
1980

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
2014.156

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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