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Modern Painters at the Corcoran: Sam Gilliam

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983

The ninth in a series initiated in 1977 by Jane Livingston at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, each concentrating on a single cycle of work by one artist, intended to provide an intensified examination of the creativity of an important artist at a significant point in their career. 

The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue.

Images from the Exhibition catalogue

Sam GIlliam, Purpled, 1980. Acrylic on canvas, 80" x 90". Private Collection
Sam GIlliam, Purpled, 1980. Acrylic on canvas, 80″ x 90″. Private Collection
Sam Gilliam, Cartouche (two panels on the right, hung together with two diptychs from the "Eagle" series), 1981. Acrylic on canvas, 82" x 106 1/2".
Sam Gilliam, Cartouche (two panels on the right, hung together with two diptychs from the “Eagle” series), 1981. Acrylic on canvas, 82″ x 106 1/2″.
Sam Gilliam, Cartouche, Three paintings from the “Vertical ‘D'” series: Muse II, To Miro with Symbols and Muse IV. All 1982. Acrylic on canvas, 73 x 29″.