Lucas Samaras

Book
1968

A colorful graphic artwork featuring a central white panel with the name "Lucas Samaras" written in cursive red and orange ink, dated "Dec 1968" at the bottom left. The white panel is bordered by a frame with vertical stripes in bright rainbow colors and a repeating square pattern along the edges. Three black, amorphous, paint-like shapes appear to spill over the edges of the white panel, creating a sense of three-dimensionality. The piece has a playful and vibrant aesthetic.
A colorful graphic artwork featuring a central white panel with the name "Lucas Samaras" written in cursive red and orange ink, dated "Dec 1968" at the bottom left. The white panel is bordered by a frame with vertical stripes in bright rainbow colors and a repeating square pattern along the edges. Three black, amorphous, paint-like shapes appear to spill over the edges of the white panel, creating a sense of three-dimensionality. The piece has a playful and vibrant aesthetic.

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Date
1968

Classification
Books

Medium
Colored screenprint with offset, embossing, thermography, die-cut, color photolithograph, and collage, on paper mounted on plexiglass

Dimensions
Book: 10 × 10 1/8 × 2 1/8in. (25.4 × 25.7 × 5.4 cm)

Accession number
69.96

Edition
18/100

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Lucas Samaras
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