Lucas Samaras (1936-2024) Photo-Transformation (Torso), 1976 Unique manipulated Polaroid SX-70 print; dated '6/17/76' in ink on the reverse, framed, a Pace Gallery, New York, label on the reverse. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (8.3 x 8.3 cm.) sheet 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (10.8 x 8.9 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature cf. Marla Prather, Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras (New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004), p. 176 (variants) Note The debut of the Polaroid SX-70 camera in 1972 signaled a new photographic system that eliminated the mess and intense labor of the darkroom. For Lucas Samaras, however, the SX-70 presented an opportunity for pushing the boundaries of analog photography. Once the pre-packaged film unit was ejected from the camera, Samaras would rub, smear, and shift the latent emulsion layers-using either his hand or a stylus-before the composition was fully set. As seen in this lot, the resulting images often distort his own body by creating hallucinatory compositions. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing