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Perilous Night Jasper Johns  
       

Perilous Night detail by Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns, Perilous Night (detail from right side), 1982, encaustic on canvas with objects, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection 1995.79.1

 

 

 

This image is a smaller version of the left side of the painting, turned counterclockwise, and presented as a painting tacked to the wall. Johns is quoting both the same detail from Matthias Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece and himself.

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