Phototransformation

Photography and Media

September 31, 1976

Lucas Samaras
American, 1936-2024

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Lucas Samaras
Title: Phototransformation
Place: United States
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 1976
Medium: Internal dye diffusion transfer print
Dimensions: 7.7 × 7.7 cm (3 × 3 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Lannan Foundation
Reference Number: 1997.129

Art Institute of Chicago, “Optical Delusions: Jokes, Puns and Sleights of Hand in Photography,” June 17–October 15, 2000. (Colin Westerbeck)
New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, “Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras,” November 13, 2003–February 8, 2004.

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