Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Sun Woman, 1970
Acrylic · Canvas
Rago Auctions · May 14, 2026$409,600 ≈ £303,183 ≈ €350,026Sign up free to see price
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Plaster Nights
Sam Gilliam (American, 1933–2022) · 1980
$93,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £73,054≈ €85,181
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic and canvas collage on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated “Plaster Nights, 1980, Sam Gilliam” on the reverse · Sam Gilliam signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 80 x 92 in. (203.2 x 233.7 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010819)
- Date
- November 13, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 197
- Estimate
- $80,000 – $120,000 (≈ £62,339 – £93,509) (≈ €72,688 – €109,031)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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