Horace Silver
Artist
Roy DeCarava
(American, 1919-2009)
CultureAmerican
Date1963, printed 1991
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (21.6 × 28.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedEach signed, dated and numbered in pencil in the margin
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2002.15.3
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photogravure of a man, Horace Silver, playing piano. It is blurred from the action of playing the instrument; his mouth is agape.ProvenanceRoy DeCarava, 1991; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, Ny.; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, 2002. Published ReferencesRoy DeCarava, _The Sound I Saw: The Jazz Photographs of Roy DeCarava_, exh. cat., Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, Ny., 1983, 43, plate 28, version #42 of the same subject. Roy DeCarava, with intro. by Sherry Turner, _Roy DeCarava: Twelve Photogravures_ (Renaissance Press, 1991), 1-12. Peter Galassi, with an essay by Sherry Turner DeCarava, _Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective_, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Ny., 1996, 219, version #42 of the same subject.
