Arrowhead

© Sam Gilliam / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / The Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), London

Arrowhead

Currently not on view

Arrowhead,

1980

Sam Gilliam, 1933–2022; born Tupelo, MS; died Washington, D.C.; active Washington D.C. and New York, NY
2004-378

Information

Title
Arrowhead
Dates

1980

Maker
Sam Gilliam
Medium
Acrylic
Dimensions
97 × 81.5 × 5 cm. (38 3/16 × 32 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Jerome W. Canter, Class of 1952, and Mrs. Dorothy Canter
Object Number
2004-378
Signatures
Signed and dated, on verso on center of frame support: Sam Gilliam 1980
Culture
American
Period
abstraction
Type
drawings
Materials
paper (fiber product), acrylic paint, handmade
Subject
blue

Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC

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