Lisa Yuskavage
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
2013.144.15
Art Historical Context
**Lisa Yuskavage** (2009, printed 2010) is a striking inkjet print by Lucas Samaras, a pioneering Greek-American artist renowned for his experimental photography and boundary-pushing self-portraits. Capturing fellow contemporary artist Lisa Yuskavage—known for her lush, provocative paintings of female figures—this portrait exemplifies Samaras's mastery of photographic manipulation. At 81.28 × 45.72 cm (32 × 18 in.), the image invites viewers into an intimate encounter, blending realism with subtle distortions characteristic of Samaras's oeuvre, which spans Pop Art influences to digital innovat...
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...