Bent "U"

1971

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Ron Adams

Printer, American, born 1934

Ron Olds

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a large U-shaped form outlined with thick, black lines at the center. A dark vertical band with textured patterns is on the left, separating the U-shape from the rest of the image. A subtle gradient is present along the edge next to the band, and three intersecting arrows point outwards from the U-shape's center.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. William M. Speiller

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 63.98 × 50.8 cm (25 3/16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1977.72.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 094

  • 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 291.

1978

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1970-1977. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1978, no. 140.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 94.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.39. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: 21/69; upper right in graphite: J Johns / '71; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: G830B / JJ71-382

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q65571738

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