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The Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Family Collection
Lucas Samaras (b. 1936)
Pin Box
Details
Lucas Samaras (b. 1936)
Pin Box
wood box construction—pins, glass jar, yarn, aluminum foil, wire, paper, marble, metal, Styrofoam, mesh, fabric, twine and glue
12 x 19 x 13 in. (30.5 x 48.3 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
Pin Box
wood box construction—pins, glass jar, yarn, aluminum foil, wire, paper, marble, metal, Styrofoam, mesh, fabric, twine and glue
12 x 19 x 13 in. (30.5 x 48.3 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
Provenance
Green Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1964
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1964
Literature
S. Weller, "Pop Art at Albright," Buffalo Business, December 1963, p. 22 (illustrated).
E. Bryant and D. Robbins, "Newly Nominated," Art in America: New Talent USA, vol. 52, no. 4, August 1964, n.p. (illustrated).
M. Matusow, Art Collector's Almanac, New York, 1965, p. 413 (illustrated).
Samaras: Selected Works 1960–1966, exh. cat., New York, Pace Gallery, 1966, p. 31, no. 14 (illustrated).
K. Levin, Lucas Samaras, New York, 1975, no. 106 (illustrated).
M. Hand, The Passionate Collector: Robert B Mayer's Adventures in Art, Chicago, 2011, p. 117 (illustrated).
H. Barton, ed., Lucas Samaras Catalogue Raisonné: Boxes, New York, Artifex Press, 2015-ongoing, no. 1963.12 (illustrated).
E. Bryant and D. Robbins, "Newly Nominated," Art in America: New Talent USA, vol. 52, no. 4, August 1964, n.p. (illustrated).
M. Matusow, Art Collector's Almanac, New York, 1965, p. 413 (illustrated).
Samaras: Selected Works 1960–1966, exh. cat., New York, Pace Gallery, 1966, p. 31, no. 14 (illustrated).
K. Levin, Lucas Samaras, New York, 1975, no. 106 (illustrated).
M. Hand, The Passionate Collector: Robert B Mayer's Adventures in Art, Chicago, 2011, p. 117 (illustrated).
H. Barton, ed., Lucas Samaras Catalogue Raisonné: Boxes, New York, Artifex Press, 2015-ongoing, no. 1963.12 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Mixed Media and Pop Art, November-December 1963, no. 67.
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lucas Samaras: Boxes, October-December 1971, n.p. (illustrated).
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ackland Art Museum, Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art, September 2008-January 2009, pp. 70-71, pl. 29 (illustrated).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lucas Samaras: Boxes, October-December 1971, n.p. (illustrated).
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ackland Art Museum, Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art, September 2008-January 2009, pp. 70-71, pl. 29 (illustrated).
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