Properties7
TypeArtwork
AuthorSam Gilliam
MovementAbstract Expressionism
WhereThe Museum of Modern Art
Year1969
Note createdFeb 12, 2026
Last updatedFeb 13, 2026

10/27/69 Acrylic on canvas, 140 × 185 × 16” (355.6 × 469.9 × 40.6 cm). A pioneering “drape painting” — unstretched, paint-soaked canvas draped and folded to create sculptural form. Gilliam’s innovation liberated painting from the stretcher bar, merging Color Field Painting with three-dimensional space, extending the Washington Color School tradition.