Targets

1967-1968

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

Zigmunds Priede

Printer, American, born Latvia, 1935-2024

The image displays a composition of geometric shapes, including circles and squares, with lines and concentric circles in the foreground. A design centers on two square sections: the upper one is filled with green and contains concentric circles in orange and gray, while the lower square has a yellow circular pattern on a cream-colored background. These squares are within a larger rectangular canvas with a textured gray frame, contrasting with the vivid colors of the upper square. Circular patterns suggest representations of a target or bullseye.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    9-color lithograph (stone) on handmade Italian paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 86.84 × 65.09 cm (34 3/16 × 25 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.56.80

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 041

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.

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

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. 41.

Inscriptions

lower left, in black felt tip pen: 23/42; lower right in black felt tip pen: J Johns / ' 67 - ' 68

Markings

blind stamp: [chop of Universal Limited Art Editions]

Wikidata ID

Q65571659

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