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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 "Purchases by the Hirshhorn Museum, 1974-1983," 15 September-17 November 1983, unpublished checklist, no. 68.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

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2d5ecb255-6d2d-4cc8-aada-0800c40b0a35

Record ID

hmsg_78.75

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Artist Sam Gilliam smiles in a photo taken in front of artwork. Partially visible behind him are paint cans and an American flag.

Sam Gilliam

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