About This Artwork

Lucas Samaras
American, born 1936

AutoPolaroids, 1970/71

Gelatin silver transfer prints (18); Composite
9.5 x 7.3 cm (each)
Code on verso: M930452 Indicates film manufacture date of Dec. 1969 (per DS).
Gift of Robert and Gayle Greenhill, 1991.972

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras," November 13, 2003–February 8, 2004.

Athens, Greece, National Gallery of Athens, Alexandros Soutzos Museum, "Lucas Samaras: A Retrospective," April 4–July 31, 2005.

Washigton, DC, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture," October 22, 2010-February 6, 2011.

Publication History

Samaras, Lucas. 1971. “Samaras Album: Autointerview, Autobiography, Autopolaroid.” Whitney Museum of American Art/Pace Editions. p. 26–27. (other print of this image)

Katz, Jonathan D., David C. Ward and Jennifer Sichel. 2010. "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture." Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Instititution/Smithsonian Books. p. 196-97, pl. 58.




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