Pinion [working proof]

1963

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Zigmunds Priede

Printer, American, born Latvia, 1935-2024

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

The image shows dark, textured lines and blotches on a pale background. At intervals, there are impressions resembling human body parts labeled with text: "FOOT," "HAND," and "KNEE." The composition leads the eye across the canvas.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black with hand additions in lithographic crayon on heavy newsprint [working proof]

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 82.6 x 58.7 cm (32 1/2 x 23 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 88.9 x 61.9 cm (35 x 24 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.28.55

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 027 [working proof]

  • Copyright

    Published by Universal Limited Art Editions © Jasper Johns and U.L.A.E./Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955-1965, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Kunstmuseum Basel, 2007, no. 72.

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. 27.

Inscriptions

lower right within image in graphite: Working Proof / J. Johns / 1963; lower left verso: 96.865

Wikidata ID

Q76344143

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