About the Artwork
Serious Business Man
1975
Chris Burden
born 1946 - 2015
American
Unknown
Annotated newspaper articles, pencil, pen, mounted on backing board
Overall: 29 15/16 × 40 inches (76 × 101.6 cm)
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Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.316
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Provenance
1975, sold by (Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, New York, USA)
1975-2020, 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)
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Chris Burden, Serious Business Man, 1975, annotated newspaper articles, pencil, pen, mounted on backing board. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.316.
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