Lot n° 78
Estimation :
800 - 900
EUR
Burton Silverman: Portrait of a Standing Man (possibly Yves - Lot 78
Burton Silverman: Portrait of a Standing Man (possibly Yves Guérin himself), December 4, 1966 (Charcoal)
Charcoal
Inscribed, signed, and dated by hand in the lower right corner: “For Yves Guérin with great pleasure, Burt Silverman, American painter, December 4, 1966”
Dimensions:
Sheet: 36 × 27 cm (14.17 × 10.63 in.) — Image: nearly full sheet
Condition: good condition, unframed
Provenance: Yves Guérin’s guestbook, compiled between 1963 and 1992 (from a single collection). This sheet constitutes the American chapter of the album—a realist artist from the United States passing through, who described himself as an “American painter.”
Description: A masterful portrait of a distinguished man seen in three-quarter profile, one hand in his pocket, rendered in charcoal with soft shading and highlights—perhaps a portrait of the collector Yves Guérin himself. Burton Silverman is one of the leading figures of contemporary American realism; born in Brooklyn in 1928, he studied at Columbia, the Art Students League, and Pratt; a first-rate draftsman, his work is featured in the Metropolitan Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Library of Congress, and he is best known for the cover of the album “Aqualung” and his drawings of the Montgomery bus boycott. Signed, inscribed, and dated by hand.
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