Toward a Red

Artist Sam Gilliam (American, 1933)

Date1975

MediumAcrylic and collage on three strips of canvas

DimensionsFramed: H 32 1/2 x W 48 in. (H 82.6 x W 121.9 cm)
Overall (unframed): H 32 1/2 x W 48 in. (H 82.6 x W 121.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mimi Conklin Upmeyer, 1999

Object number99.66

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Title Details

Artist title Toward a Red

Remarks verso inscription

Inscriptionsverso: l.c. green ink "Toward a Red, 1975 / Sam Gilliam"ProvenanceThe artist; to Washington, D.C. framer Lou Stovall as payment for framing; gift to the donor, Mimi Upmeyer.Exhibition History"Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964-1980", Studio Museum, Harlem, New York (April 5-July 2, 2006)
"Free Expressions: Community Voices and Contemporary African American Art from the Collection", The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 6 - July 28, 2002)

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