COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
WMAA.80.18a-v
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Samaras, Lucas
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1936-
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Lucas Samaras
Title:
Transformation: Scissors
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1968
Creation Start Date:
1968
Creation End Date:
1968
Materials and Techniques:
Mixed media
Dimensions:
Overall 31 5/8 x 36 5/8 x 36 9/16 in.(80.33 x 93.03 x 92.87 cm. )80.18a 28 1/16 x 14 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.80.18b 3 9/16 x 36 5/8 x 36 9/16 in.
Component Measured:
Object
Measurement Dimension:
Height
Measurement Value:
80.33
Measurement Unit:
cm
Component Measured:
Object
Measurement Dimension:
Width
Measurement Value:
93.03
Measurement Unit:
cm
Component Measured:
Object
Measurement Dimension:
Depth
Measurement Value:
92.87
Measurement Unit:
cm
Measurement Unit:
cm
AMICA Contributor:
Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
80.18a-v
Credit Line:
50th Anniversary Gift of Frances and Sydney Lewis
Parts and Pieces:
80.18a,a) Vertical case,a) Vertical case
Parts and Pieces:
80.18b,b) Horizontal case,b) Horizontal case
Parts and Pieces:
80.18c,c) Scissors,c) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18d,d) Scissors,d) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18e,e) Scissors,e) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18f,f) Scissors,f) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18g,g) Scissors,g) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18h,h) Scissors,h) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18i,i) Scissors,i) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18j,j) Scissors,j) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18k,k) Scissors,k) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18l,l) Scissors,l) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18m,m) Scissors,m) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18n,n) Scissors,n) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18o,o) Scissors,o) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18p,p) Scissors,p) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18q,q) Scissors,q) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18r,r) Scissors,r) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18s,s) Scissors,s) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18t,t) Scissors,t) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18u,u) Scissors,u) Scissors
Parts and Pieces:
80.18v,v) Scissors,v) Scissors
Inscriptions:
n), Bottom center: 1980n), Bottom center: replacement
Provenance:
Collection of the artist, 1968 -Jacques Kaplan, New York, by 1973 -The Pace Gallery, New York/Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Lewis, Virginia, 1980
Condition:
04/27/1993 ,Satisfactory ,Scissors i) cotton darkening at edges; scissors q) andr) glued to base of horizontal case; scissors r): plaster cracking, stained, gluedarkened ,
Context - Date:
1968 - 1968
Context - Person:
Samaras Lucas
Context - Person:
Lewis Frances
Context - Person:
Lewis Sydney
Context - Person:
Pace Gallery
Exhibition History:
Lucas Samaras
Related Image Identifier Link:
WMAA.00881.tif
