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Lucas Samaras
Photo Transformation, 11/01/731973

Not on view
Abstract painting with swirling terracotta, rose, and gray marbled forms surrounding a single realistically rendered human eye near the center

Lucas Samaras, Photo Transformation, 11/01/73, 1973, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Lucas Samaras
Title
Photo Transformation, 11/01/73
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1973
Medium
Internal dye diffusion print, manipulated
Dimensions
Image: 3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in. (7.94 × 7.78 cm) Primary support: 4 3/16 × 3 1/2 in. (10.6 × 8.89 cm) Mat: 14 15/16 × 12 3/8 in. (37.94 × 31.43 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.86.124
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Grundberg, Andy; Gauss, Kathleen McCarthy. Photography and Art: Interactions Since 1946. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Museum of Art; Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
Copyright
© Lucas Samaras