Sam Gilliam signature
American · 1933–2022
81 catalogued lots by Sam Gilliam record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (47% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.
Placement
Form
Signature as written
Forms quoted in the catalogue entries (how often each appears).
- Sam Gilliam×2
- Sam Gilliam 2006×2
- Sam Gilliam 19×1
- Sam Gilliam; 2019×1
- Sam Gilliam 1967×1
- Sam Gilliam 70×1
- Gilliam 70×1
- Sam Gilliam, ‘76×1
- S. Gilliam×1
- Sam Gilliam, 2015×1
Catalogue signature lines
Signed and dated 'Sam Gilliam 19' lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, Jun 26, 2026Signed and dated "Sam Gilliam; 2019" lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, May 21, 2026Signed, titled and dated ""Dew" Sam Gilliam 74-75" on the reverse
— Dew, Phillips, Feb 28, 2026Signed "Sam Gilliam" and indistinctly dated lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, Feb 24, 2026Titled ""WHEN"" lower left; signed and dated "Sam Gilliam 1967" lower right
— When, Phillips, Sep 25, 2025Signed and dated "S. Gilliam '86" lower center
— Untitled, Phillips, Sep 16, 2025Signed and dated "S. Gilliam '94" lower center
— Untitled, Phillips, Dec 2, 2024Signed "Sam Gilliam" lower left
— Untitled #2, Phillips, Jul 17, 2024Signed and dated "Sam Gilliam 70" lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, Jul 17, 2024Signed and dated "Sam Gilliam '71" lower right; dedicated "To Jameela Kaneeka" on the reverse of the backing board
— Untitled, Phillips, Jun 17, 2024Signed, titled and dated "New Orleans – 1979 Sam Gilliam" on the reverse
— New Orleans, Phillips, Mar 12, 2024Signed and dated "Gilliam 70" lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, May 16, 2023Signed and dated "Sam Gilliam '14" lower right; titled "FOCUS II" lower left
— Focus II, Phillips, May 16, 2023Signed, titled and dated "Over and Under, 2009 Sam Gilliam" on the reverse
— Over and Under, Phillips, Nov 16, 2022Each signed and dated “Sam Gilliam, ‘76” on the reverse
— Untitled, Phillips, Nov 16, 2022Signed and dated "Sam Gilliam '81" lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, Sep 28, 2022Signed “S. Gilliam” lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, May 19, 2022Signed and titled “Reef II Sam Gilliam” on the reverse
— Reef II, Phillips, May 19, 2022Signed, titled and dated "With Blue and, 1997 Sam Gilliam" on the reverse of the larger element
— With Blue and..., Phillips, May 19, 2022Signed and dated "Sam Gilliam 2006" on the reverse
— Yellow Tower and Square, Phillips, Mar 9, 2022Signed, titled and dated "1993 Flag Color Sam Gilliam" on the reverse
— Color Flag, Phillips, Mar 4, 2020Titled "‘A Series' 4" lower left; signed and dated "Sam Gilliam, 2015" lower right
— A Series 4, Phillips, Nov 13, 2019Signed, titled and dated “Plaster Nights, 1980, Sam Gilliam” on the reverse
— Plaster Nights, Phillips, Nov 13, 2019Signed, titled and dated "Blue 1970 Sam Gilliam" on the reverse
— Blue, Phillips, Nov 13, 2019Signed and dated "Gilliam '78" lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, Sep 24, 2019Signed, inscribed and dated "Sam Gilliam - series '72 #2" lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, Sep 24, 2019Signed and inscribed "Sam Gilliam 16001B" lower right
— Untitled, Phillips, May 15, 2019Signed and dated "S. Gilliam '95" lower left
— Untitled, Phillips, May 15, 2019Signed, titled and dated "Pantheon I Sam Gilliam 1983" on the reverse
— Pantheon I, Phillips, May 15, 2019Signed, titled and dated "Pisane Ice, 1997 Sam Gilliam" on the reverse
— Pisane Ice, Phillips, Sep 26, 2018Each signed and dated "Sam Gilliam, '76" on the reverse
— Untitled (Diptych), Phillips, May 16, 2018Signed, titled and dated '"All Colors Stacks" Sam Gilliam, '96' on the reverse
— All Colors Stacks, Phillips, Mar 9, 2018Signed and dated 'Sam Gilliam 2006' on the reverse
— Yellow Tower and Square, Phillips, Jun 30, 2017Signed, titled and dated "Tholos Revisited VIII 1982 Sam Gilliam" on the reverse; further titled "Tholos Revisited VIII" on the reverse of the aluminum element
— Tholos Revisited VIII, Phillips, May 17, 2017Signed, titled and dated "So They CaN, "66" Sam Gilliam" on the stretcher
— So They Can, Phillips, Feb 27, 2019Signed in pencil lower right
— Bluesette, DuMouchelles, Sep 18, 2026Signed, titled, dated and numbered to verso Petal Series/Sam Gilliam. This work is number 5 of 14 apart from the total edition of 60
— collage, Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Jun 6, 2026Signed in pencil and signed again and titled on the reverse
— Pink Horseshoes, Bonhams, Jan 22, 2026Signed and dated in pencil lower right
— Untitled Abstract, 1988, color, Concept Art Gallery, May 15, 2020Signed and dated lower right
— Tampa, Clarke Auction Gallery, Oct 7, 2018
From the signature and inscription lines published by the auction houses in their lot descriptions. ArtSell does not authenticate signatures; a signature matching these descriptions is not evidence that a work is genuine. No house signature photographs are recorded for this artist yet. Back to Sam Gilliam auction results.