Double Merge (Carousel I and Carousel II)

Artist Sam Gilliam (American, 1933–2022)American, 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; and by the Dia Art Foundation

Object number2020.556.A,.B

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 309

On view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

INSTALLATION ART

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
Published References To come. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: [none]
Verso: .A, Left Panel: Signed, dated, and inscribed black along proper left edge: Sam Gilliam [cursive] ' 68 / #123 [ink] / 2006.11.0177
Verso: .B, Right Panel: Signed, dated, inscribed and titled in black along proper left edge: Sam Gilliam [cursive] '68 / 2006.01.0165 / Carousel II [cursive]

Verso: .A, Left Panel: Signed in black, proper top left: Sam Gilliam [cursive]
Verso: .B, Right Panel: Signed in black, proper top left: Sam Gilliam [cursive]

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Catalogue raisonnéN. A.

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