Sam Gilliam revolutionized postwar abstraction by releasing the canvas from its wooden stretcher frame, pioneering monumental, saturated Drape paintings suspended across architectural space. An innovator of the Washington Color School, his work synthesizes color field painting with improvisational jazz rhythms.
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Sam Gilliam, 10/27/69, 1969, acrylic on canvas, installation dimensions variable, approximate installation dimensions: 140" × 185" × 16" (355.6 cm × 469.9 cm × 40.6 cm), Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, photography by Fredrik Nilsen Studio.
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