Sam Gilliam American, born 1933 Relative, 1969 acrylic on canvas, suspended (installed) canvas: 304.8 x 411.48 cm (120 x 162 in.) full canvas: 304.8 x 1341.12 cm (120 x 528 in.) Anonymous Gift 1994.39.1

From the Tour: Selected African American Artists at the National Gallery of Art
Object 7 of 9

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Literature

• "Recent Additions to the Collections." [National Gallery of Art] Circle Bulletin no. 12 (Fall 1994): 28-29.
• Fleming, Lee. "Sam Gilliam, Still Experimenting." The Washington Post (5 November 1994).
• "A Gilliam's New Home." The Washington Post (22 May 1994).
• Rose, Barbara. "Abstraction as Identity." The International Review of African American Art 13, no. 3 (1996).
• Protzman, Ferdinand. "Drapes not Drawn." The Washington Post (21 June 1997).

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