About the Artwork
Self Portrait
ca. 1973
Lester G. Van Winkle
born 1944
American
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Carved wood chair, steel mount under boot
Overall (Chair): 30 × 16 × 23 inches (76.2 × 40.6 × 58.4 cm) Overall (Boot): 5 1/4 × 11 × 4 inches (13.3 × 27.9 × 10.2 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.245
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Initialed, carved into underside of chair seat: V. W.
Provenance
June 1973, sold by (Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA);1973-2020, purchased by 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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Lester G. Van Winkle, Self Portrait, ca. 1973, carved wood chair, steel mount under boot. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.245.
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