Sam Gilliam (American, b. 1933). Dance, 1972. Screenprint in colors on paper. 40 x 26 inches (101.6 x 66.0 cm) (sheet). ...

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Sam Gilliam (American, b. 1933)
Dance, 1972
Screenprint in colors on paper
40 x 26 inches (101.6 x 66.0 cm) (sheet)
13/60
Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil along lower edge
With blind stamp lower left
Printed by Lou Stovall at the Workshop Inc., Washington, D.C.

Black Art from a Distinguished Collector

"I am a better artist today in that I am obviously a better teacher. Whether I am teaching or making art, the process is fundamentally the same: I am creating...Only when making the work can I determine the many languages that form the planes on which it is to exist. Like abstract phrases the many intentions of the work (before an audience) passes through an intuitive sieve... The work was not planned, there are ploys, however, to the way it was laid out and then put together."

-Sam Gilliam


More information about Sam Gilliam. See also: Gilliam, Sam, Gilliam, Sam, Jr. Artist.

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