Two Maps II

1966

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

Ben Berns

Printer, American, 1936 - 2007

The image displays bold, jagged lines intersecting to outline irregular shapes resembling a geographical map. The top section of the image may evoke a silhouette of the United States, with the states traced in thick, dark lines against a contrasting background. The interconnected lines resemble boundaries between regions, akin to an atlas or road map viewed abstractly.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (stone) in black on white Japan paper laid down on black laid Fabriano paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 83.8 x 66 cm (33 x 26 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.56.76

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 026

  • Copyright

    Published by Universal Limited Art Editions © Jasper Johns and U.L.A.E./Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.; acquired 1976 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1970

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 26.

Inscriptions

lower right, in white colored pencil: J Johns 1966

Wikidata ID

Q65571650

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