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Object Details
- Artist
- Sam Gilliam, born Tupelo, MS 1933-died Washington, DC 2022
- Exhibition Label
- Gilliam laid down thick paint color over color and then raked the surface to reveal the multiple hues beneath. Edges are crisp and three-dimensional. Arches intersect and reach out, articulating positive form and empty space before spiraling back to draw the viewer into the work’s industrial physicality. The Petition reflects a world created by man. Its materials – sheet metal, aluminum honeycomb, and industrial-weight paint – allowed no accidents in its construction.
- African Amderican Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family
- Copyright
- © 1990, Sam Gilliam
- 1990
- Object number
- 2006.38A-G
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- mixed media
- Dimensions
- assembled: 96 x 60 x 32 in. (243.8 x 152.4 x 81.3 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract
- Record ID
- saam_2006.38A-G
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c2c1e582-e3ed-48ed-ac44-22a4f3d7461c
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