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Hav-a-Tampa 15

Date
1995
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet (irregular): 33 15/16 × 28 11/16 in. (86.2 × 72.9 cm)
framed: 40 1/8 × 35 × 2 in. (101.9 × 88.9 × 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
155:2017
NOTES
In this work, yellow and orange irregular rectangles appear to pass over as well as slip behind the dominant blue and violet background. Faint lattice-like patterns advance and recede throughout the composition. Sam Gilliam produced this complex optical space by overlapping layers of ink in varying opacity and translucency. This effect can be linked to the artist’s early experiments with watercolor—specifically the medium’s sheer, luminous quality.

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