Summer (frontispiece for "Poems" by Wallace Stevens) [proof by R.E. Townsend]
1985
Artist, American, born 1930

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint in black on T. Edmonds laid paper [proof]
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 24.13 x 15.88 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
sheet: 52.39 x 41.28 cm (20 5/8 x 16 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2010.116.214
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Catalogue Raisonné
ULAE, no. 259 [proof]
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2010 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. 234.
Inscriptions
in graphite, lower left: PROOF BY R.E. TOWNSEND; lower right: J Johns '85
Watermarks
T Edmonds [fleur de lis]
Wikidata ID
Q76553375