About the Artwork
Red Ground
1974
John Pearson
born 1940
English
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Graphite, colored pencil, and ball point pen on paper
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 inches (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
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Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2023.357.5
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Markings
Initialed, in pencil, lower right: JP
Inscribed, in pencil, at upper left: Red Ground
Provenance
1981, purchased from the artist;1981-2020, 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 2023
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John Pearson, Red Ground, 1974, graphite, colored pencil, and ball point pen on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2023.357.5.
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