Lucas Samaras

Something for Jean and Howard from Lucas
1969–1971

An open photo album on a flat surface displaying six Polaroid photos. The top left photo shows a close-up of a person's mouth with a blue object, the top right is a blurred image of a smiling person. The middle left photo depicts a silhouette in a room with light coming through a door, and the middle right shows a collage of black and white images. The bottom left photo captures a person with headphones, and the bottom right shows a hand pointing at a wooden surface with colorful confetti. The album has a textured beige cover with a red binding.

An open photo album on a flat surface displaying six Polaroid photos. The top left photo shows a close-up of a person's mouth with a blue object, the top right is a blurred image of a smiling person. The middle left photo depicts a silhouette in a room with light coming through a door, and the middle right shows a collage of black and white images. The bottom left photo captures a person with headphones, and the bottom right shows a hand pointing at a wooden surface with colorful confetti. The album has a textured beige cover with a red binding.

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Date
1969–1971

Classification
Books

Medium
Album of sixty dye diffusion transfer prints (Polaroid)

Dimensions
Book: 10 7/8 × 6 × 1 1/4in. (27.6 × 15.2 × 3.2 cm) Sheet (page, each): 10 3/8 × 4 3/4in. (26.4 × 12.1 cm)

Accession number
2003.372

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/18999

Exhibitions

Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras

Nov 12, 2003–Feb 7, 2004

Lucas Samaras
128 works in the collection

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