Self-Portrait with Wine Glass
A richly observed figurative interior scene depicting a semi-reclined young man—likely the artist himself—lounging on a green sofa holding a wine glass, rendered in expressive, loose brushwork. The composition is dense with cultural signifiers: an open art book and a volume titled 'Indian Painting' rest on a low coffee table, while a framed sketch of faces hangs on the wall behind him. A city night skyline is glimpsed through the window, grounding the scene in a recognizable urban apartment setting. Toor's warm palette and intimate scale speak to his signature themes of diasporic identity, domesticity, and quiet introspection.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
Notes
Books visible on coffee table include an open illustrated book and a volume titled 'Indian Painting'. A black wine bottle sits on the floor to the lower right. Partial text visible through the window reads 'AUL OF' (possibly part of a sign). A framed line drawing of two faces hangs on the back wall. The figure wears an unbuttoned beige shirt and dark shorts with a sandal on the floor nearby. Ownership status: spotted.
Collectors with works by Salman Toor
Artists in conversation
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
British · b. 1977
Yiadom-Boakye paints figurative interior scenes of Black subjects in loose, expressive brushwork with a similarly intimate and psychological mood. Her compositions share Toor's attention to solitary figures in domestic settings rendered with painterly warmth and ambiguity.
Eric Fischl
American · b. 1948
Fischl creates psychologically loaded interior and domestic figurative scenes in oil with expressive, observational realism that mirrors Toor's dense narrative compositions. Both artists embed cultural and personal identity within lived interior spaces populated by reclining or lounging figures.
Hernan Bas
American · b. 1978
Bas paints young male figures in intimate, moody settings that carry strong undercurrents of queer identity and introspection, closely echoing Toor's self-portrait approach. His colorful yet contemplative figurative paintings share the same urban sensibility and cultural layering found in this specific work.
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