Shoot Six

1965

Sam Gilliam

Painter, American, 1933 - 2022

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Watch and listen as Sam Gilliam’s 1965 Shoot Six inspires new shapes, colors, and forms through the mesmerizing cutting, scooping, and squishing of kinetic sand.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Walter Hopps [1932-2005], Washington; gift 9 December 1971 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

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Exhibition History

1985

  • Art in Washington and its Afro-American Presence: 1940-1970, Washington Project for the Arts, 20 March - 15 May 1985.

Inscriptions

lower right reverse: Shoot Six '65 Sam Gilliam

Wikidata ID

Q46637872

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