Untitled, Second State (Ruler and Fork) [trial proof]

1969

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Donn Steward

Printer, American, born Canada, 1921 - 1985

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

The image features a large, dark rectangular shape with a thin vertical line running from top to bottom and a fork-like shape near the bottom. To the right of this line is a narrow, vertical rectangle filled with textured patterns. The dark rectangle has an etched background with irregular and crisscrossing lines.
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Artwork overview

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

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