Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras

Nov 13, 2003–Feb 8, 2004

A single human eye appears within swirling pink and gray marbled textures framed like a Polaroid.
A single human eye appears within swirling pink and gray marbled textures framed like a Polaroid.

Lucas Samaras, Photo-Transformation 11/6/73, 1973. Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid), sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm) Image: 3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in. (7.9 × 7.8 cm) Frame: 9 9/16 × 9 1/4 × 1 in. (24.3 × 23.5 × 2.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Fred Mueller 78.96

Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras was curated by Marla Prather.

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