Bent Stencil

1971

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Ron Olds

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Lloyd Baggs

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image contains a composition of three stacked circles within separate sections, forming a column on one side. The top circle is outlined against a light background, followed by a gray circle in a darker square, and a partially obscured circle at the bottom with an irregular shape around it. To the right of the circles is a gradient background transitioning from light to dark. The lower part of the image has a textured dark surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. William M. Speiller

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 70.49 × 51.12 cm (27 3/4 × 20 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1977.72.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 095

  • Series Title

    Fragment—According to What

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William M. Speiller, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; acquired 1977 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 2012.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 289.

1978

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1970-1977. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1978, no. 141.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 95.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.37. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: 21/79 / J Johns / '71; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 6830A

Markings

embossed upper left: © [Gemini G.E.L.]

Wikidata ID

Q65571736

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