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Jasper Johns

Cicada, 1981

Not on View

portfolio Title

Eight Lithographs to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc.

Medium

color lithograph on Georges Duchêne Colombe handmade paper

Dimensions

image: 67.31 × 51.75 cm (26 1/2 × 20 3/8 in.)

sheet: 90.81 × 66.68 cm (35 3/4 × 26 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 219

Accession Number

2010.116.693

Artists / Makers

Jasper Johns (artist) American, born 1930

Anthony Zepeda (printer) American, active late 20th century

Alan Holoubek (printer) American, active late 20th century

Richard Garst (printer) American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: Trial Proof; lower right in graphite: J Johns / '81; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: colombe; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 14 Runs / Proofing Order / A [circled] First / Run / All Plates / Marked #1 / 1 [circled] Orange #1 / 2 [circled] Purple #1 / 3 [circled] Green #1 / 4 [circled] Red #1 / 5 [circled] Blue #1 / 6 [circled] Yellow #1 / B [circled] Second Run - All Plates Marked # 2 / / 1 [circled] Orange #1 / 2 [circled] Purple #1 / 3 [circled] Green #1 / 4 [circled] Red #1 / 5 [circled] Blue #1 / 6 [circled] Yellow #1 / C [circled] Wash Plate - / * Original Base = Transparent / + / Black / + / Stone Purple / + 5% / Black / D [circled] Flat Plate / * Original Base / + / 50% Transparent / JJ79-848

Marks and Labels

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles / Stony Johns Inc.

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2010 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 956.

1994: Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 219.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.102. http://www.nga.gov/gemini