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Loving Lightly
Loving Lightly

Loving Lightly

Artist Sam Gilliam American, 1933–2022
Date1978–1979
MediumPaint, mixed media, and collage on canvas
Dimensions40 x 70 in. (101.6 x 177.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mary and Jim Patton
Object number2015.29
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated Washington, D.C., 1978–1979; collection of the artist; [Middendorf/Lane, Washington, D.C.]; Mary and James R. Patton Jr., Great Falls, VA, 1979; given to NCMA, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryWashington, DC, Middendorf/Lane, "Sam Gilliam: New Work," April 1979. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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