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Target with Plaster Casts [trial proof]

1980

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

Petersburg Press

Publisher

The image features concentric circles with alternating colors of blue, yellow, and black, set against a backdrop of maroon and black. Above the circles, there is a horizontal row of rectangular boxes filled with various colors such as purple, red, pink, gray, orange, yellow, and green. The use of bold colors and geometric shapes creates an abstract composition.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color etching and aquatint on wove paper [trial proof]
Credit Line

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

sheet: 75.57 × 56.2 cm (29 3/4 × 22 1/8 in.)
plate: 59.69 × 44.77 cm (23 1/2 × 17 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.136.357
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 208 [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

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. 208.

Inscriptions

lower right, in graphite: J Johns '79 - '80; lower left, in graphite: TRIAL PROOF

Wikidata ID

Q76439866

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