Untitled (Spoon)

Lucas Samaras American, born Greece

1961

Not on view

After receiving a gift of Sculp-Metal in a can in 1955, Samaras later used this claylike material to make a proto-minimalist, floor-based object as well as several wall-mounted reliefs that encase disquieting objects—exposed razor blades, pins, or mangled cutlery—all of which became familiar components of his work. "For me," he wrote, "there is a curious struggle between the rough, undulating Sculp-Metal surface and the pricking intrusion."

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Title: Untitled (Spoon)
Artist: Lucas Samaras (American (born Greece), Kastoria 1936–2024 New York)
Date: 1961
Medium: Liquid Aluminum and spoon on wood
Dimensions: 30 1/8 × 23 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (76.5 × 60.6 × 4.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2014
Object Number: 2014.40.5
Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Lucas Samaras
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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