Unrepentant Ego: Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras

Prather, Marla

ISBN 10: 087427138X / ISBN 13: 9780874271386

Published by Whitney Museum, 2004

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First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($65.00 price intact). Published by Harry N. Abrams, 2004. Folio. Black cloth boards stamped in gold with illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear and a few tiny nicks. 334 pages. ISBN: 087427138x. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unrepentant Ego: Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras
• Publisher: Whitney Museum
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087427138X
• ISBN 13: 9780874271386
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

Throughout his remarkably prolific career of more than 40 years, Lucas Samaras has built a diverse and highly textured body of work, largely with his own image. Self-depiction is arguably the driving force of his life's work. This book, the catalogue for a major exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, is the first to focus on his self-portraiture.

Marla Prather surveys Samaras's career from the late 1950s to the present, tracing his self-portraits in various mediums, including drawings, photography, boxes, mirrored environments, and film. There will also be an extensive, illustrated biography of the artist, making the catalogue an essential source for scholars. Including some 300 illustrations, Unrepentant Ego demonstrates Samaras's critical place in art history, which he has earned by creating provocative, multifaceted work outside the dominant trends of his time.

About the Author

Marla Prather is curator of postwar art at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Her publications include History of Modern Art, Willem de Kooning: Paintings, and Alexander Calder, 1898-1976.