Lucas Samaras

Photo-Transformation, July 27, 1976
1976

A distorted Polaroid photo showing a wavy, abstract pattern that resembles a heat map or a topographical image with a grid overlay. The colors are primarily shades of black, white, and sepia, giving the impression of a melted or manipulated image. The photo is set against a white background.

A distorted Polaroid photo showing a wavy, abstract pattern that resembles a heat map or a topographical image with a grid overlay. The colors are primarily shades of black, white, and sepia, giving the impression of a melted or manipulated image. The photo is set against a white background.

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Date
1976

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 3 1/2in. (10.8 × 8.9 cm) Image: 3 1/8 × 3 1/16in. (7.9 × 7.8 cm)

Accession number
2003.237

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Postwar Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/19473

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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