Lucas Samaras

Sitting 8 x 10 (57E)
1980

A person sits on a chair in a dimly lit room with a backdrop of black lines crisscrossing over a white surface. The scene is illuminated with red and green lights, casting colorful shadows. Black balloons and reflective spherical objects are scattered on the floor around the chair. The person is shirtless, gazing directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
A person sits on a chair in a dimly lit room with a backdrop of black lines crisscrossing over a white surface. The scene is illuminated with red and green lights, casting colorful shadows. Black balloons and reflective spherical objects are scattered on the floor around the chair. The person is shirtless, gazing directly at the camera with a neutral expression.

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Date
1980

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

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

Accession number
2014.211

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Lucas Samaras
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