Panorama, Self Portrait, One Knee Up
Artist
Lucas Samaras
(American (born Greece), b. 1936)
CultureGreek | American
Date1983
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsOverall, Frame: 42 x 17 1/4 in. (106.7 x 43.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel
Object number2007.12.83
Not on view
DescriptionThis is color print is a panorama collage of a nude man, the artist, jumping in a domestic interior setting. The photographs were cut into strips and then assembled to create an unnaturally elongated view.Label TextLucas Samaras American (b. Macedonia, Greece, 1936) Panorama, Self Portrait, One Knee Up, 1983 Chromogenic print Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel 2007.12.83 ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007 Exhibition History"Remix: A Fresh Look At Our Modern And Contemporary Art Collections," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, November 2, 2011 - March 17, 2012.Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson, _Photography Speaks: 66 Photographers on Their Art_ (Norfolk, Va.: Aperature/The Chrysler Museum, 1989) ISBN: 0-89381-355-9 Brooks Johnson, _Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers on Their Art_ (New York: Aperture Foundation, 2004) ISBN: 1-931788-50-2
