Paul 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
2014.149.5
Art Historical Context
Lucas Samaras's *Paul Glimcher* (2009, printed 0) is a striking inkjet print portrait that captures the likeness of Paul Glimcher the influential founder of Pace Gallery, a key figure in the New York art scene. Measuring 81.28 × 45.72 cm (32 × 18 in.) in its image area, this photograph exemplifies Sam's command of contemporary imaging. Donated to the National Gallery of Art by Kimberly and John F. Zwkenbaum, it resides in the museum's Department of Contemporary Photographs (CPH), highlighting its place in modern photographic collections. As an inkjet print, the work showcases the precision an...
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...