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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1974.19
People
Lucas Samaras, American (Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece 1936 - 2024 New York, NY)
Title
Photo-Transformation
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
February 5, 1974
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284928

Physical Descriptions

Technique
SX-70 Polaroid print
Dimensions
7.9 x 7.8 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, bottom right, black ink, in artist's hand: 2/5/74
  • label: Label taken off backing board: Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 / Unrepentant Ego: The Self Portraits of Lucas Samaras / 11/13/03 - 2/8/04 / 4th floor / Lucas Samaras / Photo-Transformation, February 5, 1974 / Internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid SX-70 print) / 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (7.9 x 7.9 cm) / Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums; anonymous fund / E.2002.1363

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Fund
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
P1974.19
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
  • Marla Prather, Unrepentent Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, 2004), p. 167

Exhibition History

  • Mixing the Medium, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/07/1991 - 02/02/1992
  • Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995
  • About Face: Artist's Portraits in Photography, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/19/1997 - 10/12/1997
  • Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 11/13/2003 - 02/08/2004

Verification Level

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