Lucas Samaras Figure
About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs
Lucas Samaras
1936 - 2024
Figure 7/7/78
unique Polaroid Polacolor II print, dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, a PaceWildensteinMacGill label on the reverse
image: 9½ by 7½ (24.1 by 19.1 cm.)
frame: 17¼ by 14¼ in. (43.8 by 36.2 cm.)
Executed in 1978.
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This print is in generally excellent condition. The colors are rich and saturated with no signs of fading.
Catalogue Note:
"My apartment is a reality that absorbs, challenges, and soothes my mind. It is a springboard to my fantasies. . .I can enjoy objects, surfaces, edges, metaphors, abstractions as I like." - Lucas Samaras (quoted in Samaras Album, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971, p. 14)
Provenance:
PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
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About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs
Lucas Samaras
1936 - 2024
Figure 7/7/78
unique Polaroid Polacolor II print, dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, a PaceWildensteinMacGill label on the reverse
image: 9½ by 7½ (24.1 by 19.1 cm.)
frame: 17¼ by 14¼ in. (43.8 by 36.2 cm.)
Executed in 1978.
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This print is in generally excellent condition. The colors are rich and saturated with no signs of fading.
Catalogue Note:
"My apartment is a reality that absorbs, challenges, and soothes my mind. It is a springboard to my fantasies. . .I can enjoy objects, surfaces, edges, metaphors, abstractions as I like." - Lucas Samaras (quoted in Samaras Album, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971, p. 14)
Provenance:
PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
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