Object Details
Artist
Sam Gilliam, American, b. Tupelo, Mississippi, 1933–2022
Provenance
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, to 7 June 1978
Museum Purchase, 1978
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Purchases by the Hirshhorn Museum, 1974-1983," 15 September-17 November 1983, unpublished checklist, no. 68.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington DC. "Sam Gilliam: A Retrospective," 15 October 2005-24 January 2006, ill. pp. 114-115 (unnumbered checklist). Tour: SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, 6 June-3 September [did not travel to Telfair Museum of Art or Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, due to HMSG loading dock construction project].
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Sam Gilliam: Full Circle," 25 May-11 September 2022, no cat.
Published References
ZILCZER, JUDITH K. "Sam Gilliam," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), pp. 134-135, color ill.
GLIMCHER, ARNE et al. Sam Gilliam: Existed Existing (New York: Pace Gallery, 2020), fig. 5 (color), p. 50.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1978
Date
1977
Accession Number
78.75
Type
Painting
Medium
Acrylic and canvas on canvas
Dimensions
90 3/4 × 180 3/4 in. (230.5 × 459.1 cm)
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School
African-American Abstraction/Washington Color School
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_78.75