Untitled
The artist once said, "Because I was Greek, I could deal with the body freely. Consider the Greek Vases." In 1985, Samaras began a series of expressive self-portraits in ink based on his own photographs. One drawing in the series depicts the artist crying out in anguish (MMA 1986.416.46), while this one juxtaposes his stoic face next to that of the dying mythical Greek giant Alkyoneus, copied from the frieze of the Pergamon Altar (ca. 200–150 b.c.). Samaras created these so-called Dot Drawings by placing photographs on top of a light box and stippling over them on a second sheet of paper in ink.
Artwork Details
- Title: Untitled
- Artist: Lucas Samaras (American (born Greece), Kastoria 1936–2024 New York)
- Date: 1986
- Medium: Pen and black ink on paper
- Dimensions: 11 in. × 8 7/16 in. (28 × 21.5 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Arnold and Milly Glimcher, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.416.47
- Rights and Reproduction: ©Lucas Samaras
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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