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Calligraphy

Jeung-geun Ahn

Asian Art

MEDIUM Ink and pigment on ramie cloth
DATES October 1909
DIMENSIONS 19 5/16 × 15 3/8 in. (49 × 39 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed at lower left
INSCRIPTIONS See description for text of inscription and date. Hangul transliteration of text is as follows: 나라의 위하여 몸을 버리는것은 옳음이니 돌아볼 필요가 없다
COLLECTIONS Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER L2024.7.2
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary [TBC]
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Jeung-geun Ahn (Korean, 1879 – 1910). Calligraphy, October 1909. Ink and pigment on ramie cloth, 19 5/16 × 15 3/8 in. (49 × 39 cm). Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary [TBC], L2024.7.2 (Photo: Photo: New Orientation Gallery, CUR.L2024.7.2_front.jpg)
IMAGE front, CUR.L2024.7.2_front.jpg. Photo: New Orientation Gallery, 2024
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Jeung-geun Ahn (Korean, 1879 – 1910). <em>Calligraphy</em>, October 1909. Ink and pigment on ramie cloth, 19 5/16 × 15 3/8 in. (49 × 39 cm). Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary [TBC], L2024.7.2 (Photo: Photo: New Orientation Gallery, CUR.L2024.7.2_front.jpg)