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Lucas Samaras
Book/object

1968

$15,000
£11,590.10
€13,399.25
CA$21,196.08
A$23,772.82
CHF 12,449.46
MX$288,862.93
NOK 158,087.25
SEK 149,877.85
DKK 100,018.40

About the Item

SAMARAS, Lucas. Book, New York: Pace Editions, 1968. Unusual book/object of 11 color silkscreens with offset, embossing, thermography, die-cut and collage mounted on masonite. Each page measuring 10 x 10 3/16" Copy 46 of a total edition of 100. Numbered and initialled by the artist on the cover. Interesting comment on the traditional book. Samaras plays on the most sculptural books of all - chilren's pop-up books. Here the pop-ups, cut-outs, and menacing rhymes, however give a biting edge to his commentary. Book also displays the beautiful effects of color patterning for which Samaras is so well-known. Ref: Franklin Furnace, Contemporary Illusrtated Books, p. 15.
  • Creator:
    Lucas Samaras (1936, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1968
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.19 in (25.89 cm)Width: 10.19 in (25.89 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU29225654932

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