Lucas Samaras

Small Chair 5
1970

A sculptural artwork depicting a figure in a dynamic pose with the lower half wrapped in colorful yarn and the upper half appearing to dissolve or transition into rough, white, cloud-like forms against a neutral background.

A sculptural artwork depicting a figure in a dynamic pose with the lower half wrapped in colorful yarn and the upper half appearing to dissolve or transition into rough, white, cloud-like forms against a neutral background.

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Date
1970

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Plaster and yarn, over aluminum foil and wire

Dimensions
Overall: 11 1/2 × 14 1/16 × 7 1/2in. (29.2 × 35.7 × 19.1 cm)

Accession number
2007.136

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/30629

Exhibitions

Two Years

Oct 17, 2007–Feb 17, 2008

Lucas Samaras
128 works in the collection

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