Sam Gilliam

Born: 1933 (Tulepo, Mississippi)

Died: 2022

Artworks

Irish Spring Here. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 1980. Medium: acrylic and rhoplex on canvas.

Irish Spring Here

1980

Butterfly Days. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 1986. Medium: printed acetate and painted wood on printed, handmade couched paper w/ string embedded.

Butterfly Days

1986

Meeker’s Press. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 1974. Medium: vacuum formed screenprint on handmade paper.

Meeker’s Press

1974

Carousel. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 1970. Medium: acrylic on unstretched canvas.

Carousel

1970

Purple Antelope Space Squeeze. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 1987. Medium: relief, etching, aquatint, collograph, and hand-painted collage on hand painted paper with embossing.

Purple Antelope Space Squeeze

1987

Eiler Blues. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 1978. Medium: oil on stitched and unstretched awning canvas with grommets and objects.

Eiler Blues

1978

Manet. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 1998. Medium: mixed media.

Manet

1998

Phelps’ #8. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 2016. Medium: monotype, with hand-coloring and collage, on handmade paper on canvas.

Phelps’ #8

2016

Untitled. Artist: Sam Gilliam. Date: 1979. Medium: wooden hexagon with chicken wire and cast paper.

Untitled

1979