Artwork overview
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Medium
color etching and aquatint with graphite, crayon, and collage on wove paper [working 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: 51.44 × 44.13 cm (20 1/4 × 17 3/8 in.)
sheet: 56.52 × 78.74 cm (22 1/4 × 31 in.) -
Accession Number
2010.116.746
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Catalogue Raisonné
ULAE, no. 285 [working proof]
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2010 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower right, below plate mark, in graphite: J Johns '00 / DRAGON - BLACK TO BLUE?; lower left, below plate mark, in graphite: WORKING PROOF WITH CRAYON ADDITIONS; along lower left edge of sheet, in graphite: RELATIONS? GREEN; along lower edge of sheet, in center, in graphite: YEL. OR OR. / STARS? / THREAD?; along lower right edge of sheet, in graphite: RELATIONS; in upper left border, in graphite: FAMILY PHOTO?, upper border, in graphite: FLAG?; on verso, lower right, in graphite: [unknown hand] 12.31.99
Watermarks
lower left corner: [circle with cock motif]
Wikidata ID
Q76554845