About the Artwork
Wave
1972
Sam Gilliam
1933 - 2022
American
Unknown
Lithograph printed in color on silver paper fully attached to large sheet of cream wove paper
Overall (image and sheet): 25 7/8 × 19 5/8 inches (65.7 × 49.8 cm)
Prints
African American Art
Gift of Nettie Seabrooks
2009.35
Non-commercial all standard museum
Markings
Signed in pencil, lower right: Sam Gilliam '72
Inscribed in pencil, lower left: 31/67 Dated in pencil, lower right: Sam Gilliam '72
Two unidentified stamps in black, verso, lower left: [i/w monogram] [a boar's head in a circle]
Provenance
2009-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Courtesy of the artist
Sam Gilliam, Wave, 1972, lithograph printed in color on silver paper fully attached to large sheet of cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Nettie Seabrooks, 2009.35.
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