Gray Alphabets
1968
Artist, American, born 1930
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Printer, American, born 1931
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph in grays on Special Rives wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 152.4 × 106.36 cm (60 × 41 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1976.56.81
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Catalogue Raisonné
ULAE, no. 057
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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.
2001
Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois; Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, 2001-2002.
Bibliography
1966
Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 97.
1970
Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no. 114.
1994
Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 57.
2011
Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.11. http://www.nga.gov/gemini
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: 28/59; lower right in graphite: J Johns / ' 68; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JJ68-199
Markings
embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.
Wikidata ID
Q65571661