Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint in black on handmade 1937 blue Whatman paper [trial 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: 31.43 x 47.63 cm (12 3/8 x 18 3/4 in.)
sheet: 45.72 x 57.79 cm (18 x 22 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2010.116.601
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Catalogue Raisonné
ULAE, no. 270 [trial proof]
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2010 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
in graphite, lower left: TRIAL PROOF; lower right: J Johns 97
Watermarks
J WHATMAN / HAND MADE / 1937
Wikidata ID
Q76554475