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The Generation Below Them

The Generation Below Them

Sam Gilliam

Artist
Sam Gilliam
(American, 1933 – 2022)
Title
The Generation Below Them
Date
1989
Medium
Acrylic on canvas and primed aluminum and plywood
Dimensions
80 x 96 x 13 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Dr. Donald and Nancy Eiler
Accession No.
2014.11a-h
Classification
Paintings
Geography
United States

Related

Summer 1992, sold by the artist, Sam Gilliam (Washington D. C.), to Dr. Donald M. and Nancy Eiler (Madison, WI); May 2007, Dr. Donald and Nancy Eiler deposited on long-term loan to the Chazen Museum of Art; April 2014, gifted to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Binstock, Jonathan P. "Sam Gilliam: A Retrospective." exhib. cat. Berkeley: University of California Press; Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2005. pp. 133, 135-136, 184, no. 39
  • Martin, Courtney J., Fred Moten, Hans Ulrich Obrist. "Sam Gilliam: Existed Existing." New York: Pace Gallery, 2020. pp. 86-87
  • Hofmann, George. "Physicality: An Exhibition on Color Dimensionality in Painting." New York: Hunter College of the City University of New York, 1991. p. 10

  • Sam Gilliam: A Retrospective: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 10/15/2005–5/6/2007
  • Physicality: An Exhibition on Color Dimensionality in Painting: Hunter College Art Galleries, 3/5/1991–3/30/1991
  • Sam Gilliam: Recent Paintings: Barbara Fendrick Gallery, New York, 11/15/1989–12/16/1989

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