Contemporary Art Online | New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York
SAM GILLIAM | THOLOS REVISITED X
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March 10, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
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SAM GILLIAM
b. 1933
THOLOS REVISITED X
signed, titled, dated 1982 and inscribed To Braque for Stills
acrylic, spray paint and cut polypropylene on canvas and aluminum
33¼ by 42¼ in. (84.4 by 107.3 cm.)
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner circa 1985
“My work consists of solids and veils: the union of solids, or metal forms, seen as volumes against a raked and grooved paint surface. It is constructed painting, in that it crosses the void between object and viewer, to be part of the space in front of the picture plane. It represents an act of pure passage. The surface is no longer the final plane of the work. It is instead the beginning of an advance into the theater of life.”
– Sam Gilliam, with Annie Gawlak, “Solids and Veils,” Art Journal, 50:1, Spring 1991, pp. 10