Barbara Glimcher
2009, printed 2010
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View on museum website →Medium
inkjet print
Dimensions
image: 81.28 × 45.72 cm (32 × 18 in.) sheet: 91.44 × 50.8 cm (36 × 20 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kimberly and John F. Zwetchkenbaum
Accession Number
2014.149.6
Art Historical Context
Lucas Samaras's *Barbara Glimcher (2009, printed 2010) is a inkjet print portrait that captures a notable figure in the art world Created toward the end of the first decade of the 21st century, this photograph reflects Samaras's mastery of contemporary imaging, where digital precision meets personal expression. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's CPH department, it stands as a generous gift from and John F. Zwetchkenbaum, enriching the museum's collection of modern photography. The medium—inkjet print—marks a significant evolution in photographic reproduction, allowing for large-scale, hi...
About the Artist
Lucas Samaras
Lucas Samaras, a Greek-born American artist renowned for his boundary-defying explorations of self and identity, was born on September 14, 1936, in Kastoria, Greece. Immigrating to the United States with his family in 1948 amid the turmoil of World War II and the Greek Civil War, he settled in West New York, New Jersey. Samaras pursued studies at Rutgers University from 1955 to 1959, where he befr...