2018.33.11: Wissahickon
PrintsBrightly colored spattered inks marks are arranged within a horizontally rectangular format. Against a bright yellow background, tangles of different groups of layers of marks appear in red, blue, pale blue, light green, pale gray, peach and pale yellow. Some marks appear to have been spattered, while others are daubed or smeared. Most colors being bright or pale, the effect is generally sunny and lively.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2018.33.11
- People
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Sam Gilliam, American (Tupelo, MS 1933 - 2022 Washington, D.C.)
- Title
- Wissahickon
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1975
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/361190
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Screenprint
- Technique
- Screen print
- Dimensions
- 55.9 × 76.2 cm (22 × 30 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.r., in graphite: Sam Gilliam 75
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Sam Gilliam, created 1975; [Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Edition
- 18/30
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
- Copyright
- © Sam Gilliam / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 2018
- Object Number
- 2018.33.11
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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