Sam Gilliam
Double Merge (Carousel I and Carousel II)

Double Merge (Carousel I and Carousel II)

© 1968 Sam Gilliam. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York, courtesy Dia Art Foundation, New York

Double Merge (Carousel I and Carousel II)
Double Merge (Carousel I and Carousel II)
ArtistAmerican, 1933–2022
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Double Merge (Carousel I and Carousel II)
Date1968
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions.A (Left Panel): 122 × 800 1/2 in. (309.9 × 2033.3 cm)
.B (Right Panel): 118 5/8 × 862 1/2 in. (301.3 × 2190.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchased jointly by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund; and by the Dia Art Foundation
Object number2020.556.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles]; purchased jointly by the MFAH and the Dia Art Foundation, New York, 2020.
Exhibition HistorySam Gilliam. Beacon, New York: Dia Beacon, August 10, 2019 - ongoing
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN. A.

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