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Lucas Samaras
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- Lucas Samaras
- Untitled
- signed with the artist's initials and dated Oct 27'61 three times on the reverse
- pastel on paper
- 12 1/8 by 9 in. 30.8 by 22.9 cm.
Provenance
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, 2 May 1991, Lot 126
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, 2 May 1991, Lot 126
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras, November 2003 - February 2004, p. 70, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is a very slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's working method and chosen medium. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. The sheet is hinged verso at the top two corners to the mat. Framed under glass.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"Samaras' self-portraits are the most...original—in their aesthetics as well as in their sense of self—of any in the history of art. They are more abundant than those of Dürer and Rembrandt combined, and at once more objective than the former and more subjective than the latter. For Samaras the self is not a social construction as it is in Max Beckmann's self-portraits, but a primordial presence. Self-representation is unconsciously about self-preservation, but the self that Samaras preserves is far more complex—at once mercurial and dense—than that of the others. This is not simply because their times and cultures were different from his, and that his methods are innovative while theirs were conservative, but because he has looked more deeply into himself than they did into theirselves."
Donald Kuspit, "The Aesthetics of Trauma" in Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras, 2003, p. 50