Sam Gilliam (American, b. 1933) All Reaching

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Sam Gilliam (American, b. 1933)

All Reaching, 1974
Signed "Sam Gilliam" titled, and dated on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, canvas size 39 x 75 1/4 in. (99.1 x 191.1 cm),unframed, unstretched.
Condition: Craquelure with alligatoring, surface grime.
N.B. Abstract Expressionist painter, Sam Gilliam, is best known for his color field images that manipulate both color and space. His bold colors work against the unprimed, unstretched canvases which serve as both a conforming geometric structure and deconstructed space. Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and grew up in Kentucky. In 1962, he moved to Washington D.C. and joined the second generation of the Washington Color School (following Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, who belonged to the first generation). Over the course of his career Gilliam has established himself as one of the foremost African American contemporary Color Field painters and his work, in addition to being featured in numerous exhibitions and private collections, is in the permanent collection of numerous American museums.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

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