Words [trial proof 5]

1976

Petersburg Press

Publisher

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

Jasper Johns

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and lift-ground aquatint in black with white gouache on wove paper [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.5 × 49.5 cm (11 5/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 32.5 × 50 cm (12 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.136.182

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 173 [trial proof 5]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2008 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. 173.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: J Johns; lower right in graphite: TRIAL PROOF 5/10 WITH GOUACHE ADDITIONS

Wikidata ID

Q76439634

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