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Softly Still

1973

Medium

Acrylic latex and dyes on polypropylene, ponderosa pine sawhorse

Dimensions

Painting: 182 x 119 in. (462.3 x 302.2 cm), sawhorse: 30 1/4 x 36 x 13 in. (76 x 91.4 x 33 cm)

Sculpture made of dusty purple, green painted canvas bunched and draped over an object by Sam Gilliam.
Sam Gilliam, Softly Still, 1973. Acrylic latex and dyes on polypropylene, ponderosa pine sawhorse. Painting: 182 x 119 in. (462.3 x 302.2 cm), sawhorse: 30 1/4 x 36 x 13 in. (76 x 91.4 x 33 cm). Courtesy of Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, gift of the artist.