Untitled (Photo Transformation)

© Lucas Samaras, courtesy of Pace/MacGill Gallery

Untitled (Photo Transformation)

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Untitled (Photo Transformation),

January 20, 1974

Lucas Samaras, American, born Greece, 1936
x1977-168
Already well versed in sculpting, painting, and performance art, Samaras became interested in the expressive possibilities of instant film. With this type of film, once a photograph is taken, the print passes through a set of rollers in the camera to ensure the even distribution of photographic chemicals. While the photograph developed, Samaras would smear, stipple, and smudge its surface with his hands or a stylus. These gestures abstracted the image in highly painterly ways, as seen in this example.

Information

Title
Untitled (Photo Transformation)
Dates

January 20, 1974

Maker
Lucas Samaras
Medium

SX-70 Polaroid print

Dimensions

image: 8.0 x 7.8 cm. (3 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
sheet: 10.7 x 8.8 cm. (4 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia and Franklin S. Kolodny

Object Number
x1977-168
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription

In ink, verso: 1/20/74

Culture
American
Type
color photographs, internal dye diffusion transfer process, photographs
Techniques
diffusion transfer process
Subject
yellow, green (color), blue, chairs, kitchen, interior spaces, red

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