Katherine Porter
To John

To John
To John
To John
ArtistAmerican, 1941–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • To John
Date1977
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions84 1/8 × 71 1/8 in. (213.7 × 180.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.652
Non exposé

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ProvenanceHHK Foundation for Contemporary Art; [David McKee, Inc., New York]; Edward R. Broida, July 15, 1983; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Selections from the Broida Collection," Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, Lake Worth, Florida, March 13–May 15, 1992.

"Katherine Porter," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, May 5–June 16, 1985.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible signature
Printed label on verso stretcher: "DAVID MCKEE INC. / ... NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 / Katherine PORTER (American, b. 1941) / Untitled 1977 / ... / C 941"

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