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 "Purchases by the Hirshhorn Museum, 1974-1983," 15 September-17 November 1983, unpublished checklist, no. 68.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
- 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)
- See more items in
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- African-American Abstraction/Washington Color School
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_78.75
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2d5ecb255-6d2d-4cc8-aada-0800c40b0a35
