Groove VI
Type:Print
Year:1993
Size:31.50" x 27.66"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Color lithograph on paper signed, dated, dedicated to V.S.C. Pricing available upon request.
Sam Gilliam Jr ART FOR SALE
1933 Tupelo, Mississippi - 2022 District of Columbia. Known for: Abstract color field and drape painting, collage, graphics.
Abstract Color Field* painter Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933, growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he received an MA in painting at the University of Louisville in 1961. He... Read full biography
Abstract Color Field* painter Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933, growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he received an MA in painting at the University of Louisville in 1961. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the University of Louisville in 1980 and... Read full biography
Abstract Color Field* painter Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933, growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he received an MA in painting at the University of Louisville in 1961. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the University of Louisville in 1980 and Northwestern University in 1990. Gilliam came to Washington, D.C. in 1962 to join the second generation of Washington Color Painters*. Like the first generation of the group, which included Morris Louis and... Read full biography
Abstract Color Field* painter Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933, growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he received an MA in painting at the University of Louisville in 1961. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the University of Louisville in 1980 and Northwestern University in 1990. Gilliam came to Washington, D.C. in 1962 to join the second generation of Washington Color Painters*. Like the first generation of the group, which included Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, Gilliam has an interest in the qualities of color, applying acrylic* to unprimed canvas. From the mid-1960s, acrylics were poured over the canvases to create abstractions. Later canvases were without frames, and some canvases were... Read full biography
Abstract Color Field* painter Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933, growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he received an MA in painting at the University of Louisville in 1961. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the University of Louisville in 1980 and Northwestern University in 1990. Gilliam came to Washington, D.C. in 1962 to join the second generation of Washington Color Painters*. Like the first generation of the group, which included Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, Gilliam has an interest in the qualities of color, applying acrylic* to unprimed canvas. From the mid-1960s, acrylics were poured over the canvases to create abstractions. Later canvases were without frames, and some canvases were even folded in 1968. Gilliam's bold colors on draped canvases are sometimes displayed as environmental pieces or wall pie... Read full biography
Sam Gilliam Jr - Art for Sale (5 available)
Abstract Construction
Type:Sculpture
Size:51.50" x 52.50" x 13.50"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Unsigned
To Enter the Forest
Type:Print
Year:1981
Size:22.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Screenprint/Silkscreen
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:60
Notes:
Framed serigraph that is signed, dated and numbered. A great example in a unique palette for the acclaimed artst.
Children Three
Type:Painting
Year:1976
Size:47.75" x 54.00"
Medium:Acrylic
Signed:Verso
Notes:
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Untitled
Type:Painting
Year:1970s
Size:37.00" x 37.00"
Medium:Acrylic
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Good condition
Untitled, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection
Type:Painting
Year:1968
Size:26.00" x 31.00" x 1.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Signed
Edition:Unique
Notes:
Watercolor and Aluminum Paint on Fiberglass Paper. (Framed with Museum of Modern Art Collection Label Verso and Exhibition brochure from the American Embassy Exhibition in Moscow) Original late 1960s painting created with watercolor and aluminum paint on fiberglass paper.