Marc 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
2013.144.9
Art Historical Context
**Marc Glimcher** (2009, printed 2010) is a striking inkjet print by Lucas Samaras, the renowned Greek-American artist known for his provocative and introspective explorations of identity and perception. Capturing Pace Gallery director Marc Glimcher, a pivotal figure in the contemporary art world, this portrait exemplifies Samaras's shift toward large-scale photography in the late 2000s. Measuring 81.28 × 45.72 cm (32 × 18 in.), it now graces the National Gallery of Art's CPH department, thanks to a generous gift from Kimberly and John F. Zwetchkenbaum. Samaras, a trailblazer since the 1960s ...
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...