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Artist:
Lucas Samaras, born Kastoria, Greece 1936-died New York City 2024  Search this
Sitter:
Lucas Samaras  Search this
Medium:
instant color prints
Dimensions:
image: 9 1/2 x 35 1/8 in. (24.1 x 89.3 cm.)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1984
Exhibition Label:
Lucas Samaras, who is also known for sculptures and sewn-fabric paintings, began making Polaroid® photographs in 1969. In the 1980s he began a series he called Panoramas, many of them self-portraits or dramatically lighted interiors of his apartment and studio that are spliced together from strips cut from large-format Polaroid photographs, recombined to create a contiguous but psychologically skewed space.
A Democracy of Images: Photographs of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013
Topic:
Occupation\art\artist  Search this
Dress\accessory\jewelry  Search this
Modern art movement\collage  Search this
Portrait male\self-portrait  Search this
Object\furniture\stove  Search this
Architecture Interior\domestic\kitchen  Search this
Object\flower\orchid  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Object number:
1986.4
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk766699410-64ae-44f1-bfc0-b8ccead3caa5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.4