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Lucas Samaras American, born Greece
Not on view
This work is part of a series of Wound paintings that the artist began shortly after learning that his mother had had a miscarriage before he was born. Samaras also recalled making four additional Wound paintings two days after September 11, explaining that he chose to "mutate depression into creation."
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Title: Wound #18
Artist:
Lucas Samaras (American (born Greece), Kastoria 1936–2024 New York)
Date: 2000
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 84 × 72 in. (213.4 × 182.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2014
Accession Number: 2014.40.8
Rights and Reproduction: © Lucas Samaras
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