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Anacostia Community Museum

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Sam Gilliam

    Caption

    Five diagonal stripes in greens, browns, and blue are the focus of this acrylic painting. Evenly proportioned lines, created by masking off areas with tape, travel diagonally from the top right to the bottom left corner, while thinner stripes of bare canvas separate the colors from each other and the dark red background. The interplay between complementary and analogous hues draws attention to Gilliam’s interest in color relationships. Measuring just over six feet in height, the painting exploits scale to impress the dynamics of color on the viewer.
    When artist Sam Gilliam painted this work, he was still working in the style of the Washington Color School, introduced to him by artist Thomas Downing in 1963. While Gilliam would later distance himself from the Washington Color School, this painting reflects the group’s influence on his work and reminds viewers of the early sources informing Gilliam’s oeuvre.
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    Cinco franjas diagonales en tonos de verde, marrón y azul son el centro de atención de esta pintura acrílica. Líneas uniformes, creadas delimitando zonas con cinta de enmascarar, se extienden en diagonal desde la esquina inferior izquierda hacia la superior derecha, mientras que unas franjas finas de lienzo desnudo separan los colores entre sí, y del fondo rojo oscuro. La interacción entre tonos complementarios y análogos pone de manifiesto el interés de Gilliam por las relaciones cromáticas. El cuadro, que mide algo más de dos metros de altura, aprovecha la escala para impresionar al espectador.
    Cuando el artista Sam Gilliam pintó esta obra, seguía trabajando según el estilo artístico de la Washington Color School, que le dio a conocer el artista Thomas Downing en 1963. Aunque Gilliam se distanciaría más tarde de la Escuela, este cuadro refleja la influencia del grupo en su obra y recuerda al espectador sus primeras fuentes de inspiración.

    Cite As

    Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Walter Hopps in memory of Bradley Pischel)

    Date

    1965

    Accession Number

    2019.1.7

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    painting

    Medium

    acrylic on canvas

    Dimensions

    72 1/4 × 24 × 7/8 in. (183.5 × 61 × 2.2 cm)

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    Anacostia Community Museum Collection

    Data Source

    Anacostia Community Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl802bac302-2e06-49bd-b01d-79d6d773ca60

    Record ID

    acm_2019.1.7

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