Lucas Samaras

Untitled
1990

A portrait of a man with a long beard and mustache, peering through his fingers that are covering his face. The image has a surreal quality with a blue and red color palette, and the background features abstract wavy lines. The photograph has a unique border with a white edge at the top and a yellow-orange tint at the bottom.

A portrait of a man with a long beard and mustache, peering through his fingers that are covering his face. The image has a surreal quality with a blue and red color palette, and the background features abstract wavy lines. The photograph has a unique border with a white edge at the top and a yellow-orange tint at the bottom.

Not on view

Date
1990

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 32 1/4 × 22 1/16in. (81.9 × 56 cm) Image (Irregular): 26 1/2 × 20 5/8in. (67.3 × 52.4 cm)

Accession number
2003.232

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/19507

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017
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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