Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004. Cloth, 335 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. The mercurial Greek-American artist has been a fixture of the New York art scene since the late fifties/early sixties. "Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras, which accompanies the Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition of the same title, follows the development of Samaras's self-portrait leitmotif, from the late 1950s to the present. With an extended chronology by Whitney curator Marla Prather that traces the influences and artistic trajectory of Samaras's life: an essay by Donald Kuspit that provides an in-depth analysis of Samaras's self-portraiture a full-color plate section; and an extensive bibliography and index, this volume is an essential guide to the life and work of an exceptionally challenging and complex artist." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Adam D. Weinberg; Introduction and acknowledgments, by Marla Prather; Chronology, by Marla Prather; The aesthetics of trauma, by Donald Kuspit.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.