Gray Alphabets [working proof]
1968
Artist, American, born 1930
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Printer, American, born 1931
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph in black with gray ink wash on newsprint [working proof]
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
sheet: 139 x 96.3 cm (54 3/4 x 37 15/16 in.)
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Accession
2005.153.40
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Catalogue Raisonné
ULAE, no. 057 [working proof]
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2005 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2007
Jasper Johns: Gray, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2007-2008, pp. 115-116, no. 58.
2016
Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2016-2017.
Bibliography
1966
Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 97.
1970
Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no. 114.
1994
Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 57.
2011
Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.11. http://www.nga.gov/gemini
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Working proof with ink (?) additions; lower right in graphite: J.J. '68; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 10
Wikidata ID
Q76344719