Box #105
| Artist | Lucas Samaras (American, born Greece, 1936) |
|---|---|
| Title | Box #105 |
| Date | 1977 |
| Medium | Mixed media |
| Dimensions | Overall (open): 11 x 26 x 18 in. (27.9 x 66 x 45.7 cm) Overall1 (closed): 12 1/2 x 16 x 11 in. (31.8 x 40.6 x 27.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Museum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.81 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
Black box covered in staples and pins and a drawer at the base. The box's interior is painted black and white and contains bride and groom figurines and many loose pins. The drawer contains three mangled forks painted green and pink.
Samaras’s work is characterized by the use of found objects. Like Joseph Cornell, he assembled these objects into compositions with deeply personal meanings. Box #105 may allude to the “chronic unease” he felt as a Greek immigrant in the United States. The box contains numerous sharp objects, from the pins covering its exterior to the mangled forks placed in the drawer.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Box #105 | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.81