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Untitled

Sam Gilliam

Artwork Details

Untitled
1971
Sam Gilliam
mixed media, watercolor, pastel and crayon on paper
24 5/8 x 32 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (62.55 x 82.23 x 3.81 cm)
Gift of the Estate of James van Sweden
2015/2.35

Description

Subject Matter:

In the late-1960s, Gilliam began to create messy, abstract compositions in a variety of media—most well known of these were his un-stretched, drapped canvases. As part of the Washington Color School, he used color as an expressive tool. This work shows some of his early experiments with rearranging geometric cut-out shapes—their traces can be seen throughout this work—in order to further experiment with color and improvisation. 

Physical Description:

This work is an abstract composition on paper with deckled edges. The drawing is signed and dated (l.r.) in pencil "Sam Gilliam '71".

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