Flags II [trial proof]

1967-1970

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Bill Goldston

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

The image features a series of horizontal lines and a rectangle filled with star shapes at the top left corner. The flag consists of green and black stripes with a red rectangle in the upper left containing a pattern of blue stars. Below, a more subdued version mirrors the form with tones of gray and white. The composition is set against a textured gray background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 87.63 x 64.77 cm (34 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.136.31

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 086 [trial proof]

  • Copyright

    © 2025 Jasper Johns and ULAE / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, Published by Universal Limited Art Editions

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2006 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1970-1977. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1978, 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. 86.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower right: TRIAL PROOF 1/2 / J Johns '67 - '70

Wikidata ID

Q76345142

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