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American artist Sam Gilliam is best known for his contributions to the Washington Color School movement through his famed ‘drape paintings’. He is credited as being the first artist to engage with idea of a draped, painted canvas without stretcher bars during the 1960s. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of expertly-vetted Sam Gilliam pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers.
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Sam Gilliam - Ab Ex painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection, Signed
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam
Untitled Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting on paper, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection, 1968
Watercolor and Aluminum Paint on Fiberglass Paper. (Framed with Mu...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fiberglass, Paint, Watercolor
Sam Gilliam - Red and Black to "D", historic 1982 Studio Museum poster, SIGNED
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Scarce 1982 offset lithograph poster
Signed and dated 1991 in ink by Sam Gilliam
This is a hand signed exhibition poster for Sam Gilliam's landmark 1982 mid-career retrospective at t...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
RECITALS Signed Mixed Media Print, Abstract Collage, Rainbow Colors, Spirals
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Union City, NJ
RECITALS is mixed media limited edition print by the renowned African American artist Sam Gilliam, created using Archival Inkjet, Relief, and Stencil techniques. This vertical, rainb...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
$3,880 Sale Price
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Dance '72
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint, 1972. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 24/60 in pencil lower left,. Printed and published by Workshop, Inc., Washington, DC...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Arches" Sam Gilliam, Acrylic and Glass Abstract, Washington Color School
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam
Arches, 2014
Signed, titled and dated lower left; signed, titled, and inscribed "to Necia" on the reverse
Acrylic and glass on paper
10 1/4 x 14 inches
Provenance
The ar...
Category
2010s Color-Field Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Offset Lithograph signed & warmly Inscribed to African American Arts prof Framed
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam
Offset Lithograph Warmly Inscribed to Renowned African American Arts Educator, 1988
Offset Lithograph Card
Hand written, signed and inscribed card with a warm personal message from the artist
Frame Included
Hand written, signed and inscribed offset lithograph card with a warm personal message from Sam Gilliam to Lindsay Waldorf Patterson.
Measurements:
Frame:
14 7/8 x 12 x 1/2 inches
Card:
8 x 5 inches
The inscription reads:
To Lindsay:
With Warmest Regards
Sam Gilliam
Lindsay Waldorf Patterson was an American English literature educator and author as well as a MacDowell Colony fellow (3 awards); Edward Albee Foundation fellow (2 awards); recipient award National Foundation on Arts & Humanities.
Hand signed on the front
Provenance:
From the estate of Lindsay Waldorf Patterson. Lindsay Waldorf Patterson was an American English literature educator and author as well as an MacDowell Colony fellow (3 awards); Edward Albee Foundation fellow (2 awards); recipient award National Foundation on Arts & Humanities.
Formerly an account executive, Harrison Advertising Agency, New York City, 1964; feature writer and columnist assistant to Langston Hughes, Associated Negro Press, 1965; special feature writer (film) Uptight,, Paramount Pictures, 1968; co-host Celebrity Hour program, Station WRVR-FM, New York City, 1974-1977; co-host Black Conversations program, Station WPIX-television, New York City, 1976-1979; assistant Professor of English, Queens College, Flushing, New York, since 1990. Adjunct Professor Afro-American & Caribbean literature, black theater...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset, Ink
