Artist
Lucas Samaras (American, born Greece, 1936–2024)American, born Greece, 1936–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled
Date1990
MediumDye diffusion transfer print
DimensionsImage: 24 7/16 × 19 7/8 in. (62 × 50.5 cm)
Mount: 30 1/4 × 25 7/8 in. (76.9 × 65.8 cm)
Mount: 30 1/4 × 25 7/8 in. (76.9 × 65.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2077
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Lucas Samaras has created Polaroids of himself assuming a wide variety of
personas. This large Polaroid is part of his red and blue series. With
enigmatic hand gestures, a dark blue velvet drape, and a red spotlight, he
portrays himself as someone spectacular, perhaps a saint, set against a
psychedelic background reminiscent of the 1970s. His theatrical self-portraits
often draw visual scenarios from the history of art.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, February 21 - May 9, 2010.
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