AutoPolaroids

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Lucas Samaras

Title

AutoPolaroids

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1969–1970

Medium

Gelatin silver transfer prints (18)

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on backboard, upper left, in blue ink and graphite: "21. ["1" crossed out in graphite] A [in blue ink] / 2A [in graphite/underlined]"; verso, on backboard, upper center, in black and blue ink: "I 3-4 [in black ink/crossed out in blue ink]"

Dimensions

Each image, approx: 9.4 × 7.3 cm (3 3/4 × 2 7/8 in.); Each paper, approx: 10.6 × 8.5 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert and Gayle Greenhill

Reference Number

1991.972

Extended information about this artwork

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