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Scrub

1976

Sam Gilliam

Painter, American, 1933 - 2022

Medium

acrylic on canvas with collage
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Scott H. Lang)
Dimensions

overall: 182.88 × 335.28 cm (72 × 132 in.)
Accession

2015.19.168

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Scott H. Lang, Washington; gift 23 October 1980 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 November 1982 - 16 January 1983, unpublished checklist.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: Scrub, 1976, Sam Gilliam

Wikidata ID

Q46640070

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