About the Artwork
Untitled
1993
John Egner
1940 - 2021
American
Unknown
Black ink on heavy white wove paper
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches (21.6 × 28.3 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of James Pearson Duffy
2009.67
John Egner
Markings
(see inscription)
Inscribed, in black ink, verso: 10.20.93 | DEAR JIM, | LIKE MOST BIG BIRTHDAYS THIS | ONE IS WORSE IN ANTICIPATION THAN | IN FACT. YOU'LL FEEL NO WORSE | OR OLDER TOMORROW THAN YOU FELT | YESTERDAY. WE'LL STILL LOVE YOU! | ALL THE bEST | JOHN, LINDA, & JULIANNA
Provenance
James Pearson Duffy
2009-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John Egner
John Egner, Untitled, 1993, black ink on heavy white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Pearson Duffy, 2009.67.
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