About the Artwork
The Arc Maker I & II
1981
Sam Gilliam
1933 - 2022
American
Unknown
Acrylic on canvas with collage
Overall: 75 inches × 17 feet 9 inches × 1 1/2 inches (190.5 cm × 5 m 41 cm × 3.8 cm) Overall (large panels): 75 × 80 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (190.5 × 203.8 × 3.8 cm) Overall (narrow panels): 72 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (183.5 × 66.7 × 3.8 cm)
Paintings
African American Art
Gift of the Friends of African Art
1983.31
Non-commercial all standard museum
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Provenance
1983-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Schmidt Campbell, Mary. Red & Black to "D": Paintings by Sam Gilliam. Exh. cat., Studio Museum in Harlem. New York, 1982, p. 28 (ill.).
Modern Painters at the Corcoran: Sam Gilliam. Exh. cat., Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1983 (cover ill.).
Art in America (Summer 1983): 156 (ill.).
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Sam Gilliam, The Arc Maker I & II, 1981, acrylic on canvas with collage. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Friends of African Art, 1983.31.
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