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Golden Neck

Date
1993–94
Classification
Prints
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet (irregular): 43 5/16 in. × 30 in. (110 × 76.2 cm)
framed: 48 5/8 in. × 35 5/8 in. × 2 in. (123.5 × 90.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Collection, Gift of Ronald and Monique Ollie
Rights
© Sam Gilliam / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Object Number
154:2017
NOTES
Complex color and texture are evident in Golden Neck, which is assembled from fragments of printed paper thickly coated with acrylic and stitched. As with his shaped paintings, Sam Gilliam’s prints, like this one, often deviate from the traditional rectangular format and have sculptural qualities. Working experimentally at Brandywine Workshop, a studio founded in 1972 to expand printmaking opportunities for artists of color, Gilliam cut up, reassembled, sewed, and raked paint across the prints he pulled from the presses.

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