African-American Artist: Sam Gilliam (1933 -)
Title: «In Celebration» Year: 1987 Edition # : cp 22/30 Medium: Lithograph - Screen Print on Bainbridge 2 Ply Rag Paper Image Size: 32 X 40 in | 81 X 102 cm Hand Signed : Lower Right, titled and dated in pencil Framed with Glass Size : 38 X 48 in | 97 X 122 cm Certificate of Authenticity : Workshop Inc. , With Artist and Printmaker Signatures. Experiencing a rediscovery at 81, the painter Sam Gilliam is in the throes of what might be the most brilliant moment of his career. Gilliam is a Color Field Painter and Lyrical Abstractionist artist. Gilliam, an African American, is associated with the Washington Color School and is broadly considered a Color field painter. His works have also been described as belonging to Abstract Expressionism and Lyrical Abstraction. He works on stretched, draped, and wrapped canvas, and adds sculptural 3d elements. He is recognized as the first artist to introduce the idea of a painted canvas hanging without stretcher bars C. 1965, A major contribution to the Color Field School. Early influences came from Jazz music, Coltrane. Ornette Coleman, the Ayler brothers, Miles Davis. «It’s something that was important to my work, it was a constant. You listened while you were painting. It made you think that being young wasn’t so bad. All the young painters were into jazz. ” Museum quality framing (silver tone) with glass. Could be shipped with or without frame. Feel free to contact me for more photographs.
In celebration lithograph by african-american artist sam gilliam
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