Untitled, Second State (Ruler and Fork) [trial proof]
1969
Artist, American, born 1930
Printer, American, born Canada, 1921 - 1985
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint in black on wove paper [trial proof]
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 74.3 × 49.53 cm (29 1/4 × 19 1/2 in.)
sheet: 107.63 × 75.88 cm (42 3/8 × 29 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2006.136.75
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Catalogue Raisonné
ULAE, no. 079 [trial proof]
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2006 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1994
Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 79.
Inscriptions
lower right, below plate mark, in graphite: J Johns 1969; lower left, below plate mark, in graphite: TRIAL PROOF 1/2; lower left, verso, in graphite: IV State [in unknown hand]; lower right, verso, in graphite: French/ 2 [in unknown hand]; upper right, verso, in graphite: IV State [in unknown hand]
Markings
blind stamp: [chop of Universal Limited Art Editions]
Wikidata ID
Q76345092