American artist Sam Gilliam (November 30, 1933 – June 25, 2022) produced thousands of paintings, sculptures, prints, and works of art in various mediums throughout his career.
Gilliam's artistic practice encompassed and often blurred the lines between painting, sculpture, printmaking, and installation art.
), and unstretched canvas installed with physical objects, including sawhorses, metal beams, and stones.
One work on this list - Library Stars/Library Obelisk - comprises an unpainted, patinated metal sculpture.
Includes prints on metal, wood, and plastic and 3-dimensional print constructions Gilliam created and exhibited works throughout his career that he would later dismantle and either sell as smaller pieces, destroy, or reconstitute into other works, and several of his commissioned installations have been dismantled or destroyed following renovations or construction.