About the Artwork
George Brecht (Portrait of)
1987
Raymond Johnson
1927-1995
American
Unknown
Black paint on cream colored chair
Overall: 35 × 16 1/2 × 16 inches (88.9 × 41.9 × 40.6 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.38
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Markings
Signed [backwards] and dated, in black felt-tip marker, on right-side of seat of chair: yaR | nosnhoJ | 6/24/87
Inscribed, in black felt-tip marker, on left-side seat of chair: FOR GILBERT | SILVERMAN | WITH FONDA | APPRECIATION Titled, in black felt-tip marker, on front-center seat of chair: GEORGE | BRECHT
Provenance
1987, gift from the artist
1987-2020, given to Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024
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Raymond Johnson, George Brecht (Portrait of), 1987, black paint on cream colored chair. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.38.
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