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Green Angel [trial proof]

1991

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image displays an arrangement of irregular, colorful shapes bordered by lines of various colors. A large, central beige figure with vertical stripes is surrounded by smaller geometric shapes filled with stripes in blue, orange, purple, and red. The background is green with diagonal pink lines framing the composition. Two eye-like ovals are placed in opposite corners.

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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

plate: 65.41 x 46.04 cm (25 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
sheet: 74.61 x 53.98 cm (29 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2010.116.303
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 253 [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2010 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. 253.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: TRIAL PROOF JJ '91

Markings

blind stamp: [chop of ULAE]

Watermarks

FIDELIS MBM (Arches-France) TRAIT LAVIS [heart]

Wikidata ID

Q76553660

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