Bent "Blue" [trial proof]

1971

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Charles Ritt

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Ron Olds

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Stuart Henderson

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows large bold letters forming the word "BLUE." The left half of the word is darker and textured with jumbled, overlapping letters resembling scattered metal pieces. The right half is cleaner with the word upright against a gradient background transitioning from light to dark. The design combines vertical and horizontal lines to create an abstract composition suggesting industrial materials or architectural elements. familiar typographic forms are deconstructed and reimagined.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 2012.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 286.

1978

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1970-1977. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1978, no. 138.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 92.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.33. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Trial Proof / J.J. 71; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JJ71-376 / 54 [strikethrough] / 55; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: Special German; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2 [circled] / 96.880

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q76345168

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