LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic on canvas

Measurements:

107.01 in. (271.80 cm.) (height) by 159.84 in. (406.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Sam Gilliam' (on the reverse); titled and dated 'Lady Day II July 21, 1971' (on the overlap); variously titled and inscribed 'Lady Day (Billie)' (on the stretcher)

Exhibited:

Louisville, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Sam Gilliam: Paintings and Works on Paper, January-February 1976, no. 6 (illustrated). Kunstmuseum Basel, The Music of Color: Sam Gilliam, 1967-1973, June-September 2018, pp. 112-113, 123 and 126-128, no. 40 (illustrated in color and installation view illustrated in color).

Literature:

A. A. Dunnigan, The Fascinating Story of Black Kentuckians: Their Heritage and Traditions, 1982, p. 327.

Provenance:

Thelma Lenkin, Katherine L. Meier and Edward J. Lenkin Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1992 Their sale; Sloans & Kenyon, Bethesda, 21 September 2003, lot 1001 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner