Photo-Transformation

Photography and Media

October 31, 1973

Lucas Samaras
American, 1936-2024

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Lucas Samaras
Title: Photo-Transformation
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1973
Medium: Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; verso unchecked
Dimensions: Image: 7.9 × 7.8 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Paper: 10.7 × 8.8 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert and Gayle Greenhill
Reference Number: 1991.979

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, “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.
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Mind at Play,” June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis)

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