Sam Gilliam — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works468

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Met

NGA Washington

Previous Sales 229

Christie's

Main Line, 2010

$304,800

May 2026

Sotheby's

Flowing Magus, 2000

Unknown

Feb 2026

Christie's

Last September V, 1973

$1,524,000

Nov 2025

Christie's

Last September II, 1973

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Sotheby's

Butterfly, Feeling, 1972

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

All Kinds of Sires, 1984

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Butterflies Are, 1976

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

£1,271,478 ($1.3M USD)

Christie's

For Sale 12

Modern Artifact · Artsper

Sam Gilliam Shoebox Mixed Media Relief Etching Collage 1997 Signed Edition of 21

$9,500

Print

Vermillion Editions Limited · Artsy

Echo XV, 1995

For sale

Acrylic Paint on Wood Coated with Gloss Polyurethane

Caviar20 · Artsy

Untitled, 1978

US$18,250

Mixed media assemblage (acrylic, acrylic gel, hardware cloth, handmade paper and fabric)

Modern Artifact · 1stDibs

Sam Gilliam Untitled (Purple) 1996 Signed Mixed Media on Paper

$14,000

Original Mixed Media on Paper

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Sam Gilliam - Ab Ex painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection, Signed

$160,000

ARDT gallery · 1stDibs

Manet Acrylic, collage, relief, handmade paper, screen print, cutouts Stitching

$19,500

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Sam Gilliam -Buoy Landscape IV Mixed media signed/n Abstract Expressionist print

$12,500

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Sam Gilliam - Cuatro, Monoprint and collage acrylic stitching & embossing Signed

$18,000

Modern Artifact · 1stDibs

Sam Gilliam 1998 Signed Mixed Media Lithograph Edition of 60

$8,000

Mixed Media Lithograph

Modern Artifact · 1stDibs

Sam Gilliam Shoebox Mixed Media Relief Etching Collage 1997 Signed Edition of 21

$9,500

Relief Etching with Collage on Handmade Paper

Modern Artifact · 1stDibs

Sam Gilliam Six Works - Collection of 6 Signed Originals Mixed Media on Paper

$17,000

Original Mixed Media on Paper

Lincoln Glenn · 1stDibs

"Untitled" Sam Gilliam, Sculptural Drape, Washington Color School, Intense Color

$65,000

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Market666 auction results

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$2.8K – $2.4M

143 of 176 paintings lots with prices

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$252K

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$68.8K

143 priced paintings lots

calendar_todayLast Paintings Sale

May 2026 · $305K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Paintings: $68.8K medianWorks on paper: $39.1K medianSculpture/objects: $40.0K medianPhotographs: — medianEditioned prints: $5.1K medianPosters/ephemera: $6.8K medianUnclassified lots: $8.6K medianDecorative/non-core: $18.9K median

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Education1

University Louisville

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Publications3

Monograph 1

Sam Gilliam

Phaidon Press · 2024

Exhibition Catalog 1

Artists and the Rothko Chapel Author

Yale University Press · 2021

Group Catalog 1

Collecting Contemporaries: The Fuhrman Collection

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions0

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Obama Center, Nayland Blake, Danielle Mckinney

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) placed Savneet Talwar, director of its graduate art therapy program, on leave after she assigned stu…

newsJun 13, 2026

Francesca Casadio Named Director of Getty Conservation Institute, GRIMM Opens Amsterdam Space, and More: Industry Moves for June 12, 2026

This week's art industry moves include Francesca Casadio's appointment as director of the Getty Conservation Institute, effective fall 2026. Casadio, …

peopleJun 12, 2026

Art Movements: Sam Gilliam Foundation Names Its First Director

The Sam Gilliam Foundation has appointed Dr. Steven Nelson as its inaugural executive director. Nelson, formerly of the Center for Advanced Study in t…

newsJun 11, 2026

Phillips Collection Receives Record $15M Gift

The Sherman Fairchild Foundation has donated $15 million to the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the largest single gift in the museum's 105-y…

newsJun 10, 2026

Phillips Collection Receives Historic $15 Million Gift

The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, has received a historic $15 million gift from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the largest donation in the…

newsJun 10, 2026

The Phillips Collection receives largest gift in museum’s history

The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, has received a $15 million gift from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the largest single donation in the m…

policyJun 10, 2026

RARE ESSENCE: Colour and Cloth

New York-based artist Eric N. Mack has transformed the Speed Art Museum's Gheens Court into an immersive textile-based installation titled 'RARE ESSEN…

exhibitionsJun 9, 2026

Two of the Biggest Names in American Patronage Have Kept Their Homes Private—Until Now

Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman, prominent American philanthropists and art collectors, have opened their private Hamptons home to the public for the first t…

cultureJun 5, 2026

Art Basel Reveals More Participating Galleries and the Artists Selected for its ‘Exclusive’ Initiative, Which Withholds Artworks from Email Previews

Art Basel has announced that 193 of its 232 main-sector exhibitors (83%) have signed on to a new initiative called Basel Exclusive, which requires par…

marketJun 2, 2026

What Will Art Basel’s No-Preview-Allowed ‘Basel Exclusive’ Initiative Offer?

Art Basel has announced the list of artists participating in its new "Basel Exclusive" initiative at its flagship Swiss fair, which opens to VIPs on J…

marketJun 2, 2026

Alexandria Galleries Celebrate America, Black Art, and Summer Culture

June exhibitions in Alexandria, Virginia, celebrate America's semiquincentennial, Black art, and summer culture. Del Ray Artisans presents "USA at 250…

localJun 1, 2026

The Strong Presence of Guatemalan Indigenous Artists at the Sydney Biennale

The 25th Sydney Biennale, titled "Rememory" and curated by Hoor Al Qasimi, centers on colonialism and historical reparation, featuring a strong presen…

exhibitionsMay 25, 2026

Postcard from North Carolina

The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with the exhibition "Everything Now All at Once," on view from Au…

exhibitionsMay 24, 2026

7 D.C. art exhibits to catch this summer before they close

The article highlights seven art exhibitions in Washington, D.C. that are closing at the end of summer 2025, urging visitors to see them before they e…

exhibitionsMay 21, 2026

Edgar Calel wins 2026 Sam Gilliam Award

Edgar Calel, a Maya Kaqchikel artist from Chi Xot, Guatemala, has been awarded the 2026 Sam Gilliam Award, as announced by the Dia Art Foundation and …

peopleMay 19, 2026

Edgar Calel Honored with $75,000 Sam Gilliam Award

The Dia Art Foundation and the Sam Gilliam Foundation have announced Edgar Calel as the winner of the 2026 Sam Gilliam Award. The Guatemala-based arti…

peopleMay 19, 2026

Art Movements: Michelle Millar Fisher Heads to Cooper Hewitt

Michelle Millar Fisher, formerly curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has been appointed chief curator at the C…

peopleMay 14, 2026

Coco Fusco and Jeffrey Gibson’s Public Lectures, Free Admission at MCA Denver, and More: Industry Moves for May 13, 2026

This week's art industry moves include Coco Fusco and Jeffrey Gibson being named speakers for Johns Hopkins University's Sam Gilliam Lecture Series, w…

peopleMay 13, 2026

Contemporary Icons and Modern Masters Headline This Major May Sale

Rago/Wright is hosting two major spring sales on May 14, 2026: 'Pure Edge: American Geometric Abstraction, Selected Works from the Museo de Arte Conte…

marketMay 13, 2026

Look Inside the Art-Filled Home of New York City's Cultural Crusaders

This profile explores the Upper West Side residence of Crystal McCrary McGuire and Raymond J. McGuire, a power couple deeply embedded in New York City…

cultureMay 9, 2026

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Selected Works468

Museum Acquisitions

Previous Sales 229

For Sale 12

Market666 auction results

Education1

Publications3

Monograph 1

Exhibition Catalog 1

Group Catalog 1

Current Exhibitions0

Recent News20

Past Exhibitions17

Art Fair Appearances11

Recent Activity20

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