Yellow Edge

1972

Sam Gilliam

Associated Names
Sam Gilliam

Artist, American, 1933 - 2022

This painting is filled with textured splatters of vibrant colors. The orange and yellow hues which take up most of the image are interrupted by splashes of pink, green, blue, purple, and red. There is a splatter of deep blue near the upper-left corner, and towards the lower right there is a patch of bright green.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E404

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    acrylic on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Elinor K. Farquhar

  • Dimensions

    overall: 139.7 × 114.3 cm (55 × 45 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.17.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased c. 1972 by Philip Bransfield Brown (1925-1980), Washington, D.C.; by inheritance to his wife, Elinor (Brown) Farquhar; gift 2023 to NGA.

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