Light Bulb [proof]

1966

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Ben Berns

Printer, American, 1936 - 2007

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

The image consists of abstract shapes resembling a trumpet, a reclining figure, a bottle, and a pear-like shape on a flat surface. The color palette is muted grays and whites, and the objects are white against a mid-gray rectangular background. The trumpet shape is on the far left, followed by the reclining figure, a stylized bottle, and the pear-like shape on the far right, all aligned along the flat surface in the middle of the gray rectangle.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2004 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 1/2 PROOF FIRST STONE (GRAY); lower right: J. Johns / '66

Markings

blind stamp: [chop of Universal Limited Art Editions]

Watermarks

HAND MADE / J Whatman 1952 / ENGLAND

Wikidata ID

Q76344077

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