Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art
Sam Gilliam
Aesthetic Union
Lot Closed
March 18, 04:29 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sam Gilliam
b. 1933
Aesthetic Union
signed, titled and dated 1987 on the reverse of the left panel; titled on the reverse of the right panel
oil, aluminum, enamel and spray paint on wood construction, in 2 parts
Overall: 60¼ by 72⅞ by 6 in. (150 by 185.1 by 15.2 cm.)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
“My work consists of solids and veils: the union of solids, or metal forms, seen as volumes against a raked and grooved paint surface. It is constructed painting, in that it crosses the void between object and viewer, to be part of the space in front of the picture plane. It represents an act of pure passage. The surface is no longer the final plane of the work. It is instead the beginning of an advance into the theater of life.”
– Sam Gilliam, with Annie Gawlak, “Solids and Veils,” Art Journal, 50:1, Spring 1991, pp. 10