<I>Blue Twirl</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1971
name: label: Created by
content: Sam Gilliam, American, 1933 - 2022
label: Owned by
content: Corcoran Gallery of Art, American, 1890 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: A vibrant abstract painting mostly done in shades of blue, red, and yellow with a bit of green at center. Pockets of bright colors cover the canvas while blending and overlapping. Across the canvas from lower left to upper right is a meandering line of bright poured and dripped cobalt, surrounded by areas of sky blue and pink against yellow. At top center is an area where the colors appear more saturated with red and bright pink against a deeper yellow. Throughout the work, the paint forms lines and creased shapes where the canvas was folded. The work has a beveled edge.
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Abstraction
label: Topic
content: Art
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Corcoran Gallery Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.76.1
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sam Gilliam
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acrylic paint on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 72 × 72 × 2 1/2 in. (182.9 × 182.9 × 6.4 cm)