Flag

1969

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Kenneth Tyler

Edition Production, American, born 1931

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The sculpture is an abstract rectangular form with a textured surface. It is uniformly colored in a shade of grey or metallic. The piece lacks distinct features or subjects, focusing on texture and form. It has an intricately uneven surface and is framed, possibly to be wall-mounted or displayed.
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On View

East Building Concourse, Galleries

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lead relief

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 43.18 × 58.42 cm (17 × 23 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.103

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 074

  • Series Title

    Lead Reliefs

  • Copyright

    Published by Gemini G.E.L. © Jasper Johns and Gemini G.E.L./Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Poets and Painters, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, 1979-1980.

1997

  • L'Empreinte, Musée national d'art moderne/Centre de création industrielle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1997.

2001

  • Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Terra Museum, Chicago, IL, and Musée d'Art Americain, Giverny, 2001-2002.

2006

  • The Art of Collaboration: Works from the National Gallery of Art's Gemini G.E.L. Archive, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD, 2006-2007.

2007

  • States and Variations: Prints by Jasper Johns, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007.

2011

  • Stars and Stripes: The Story of the American Flag, Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, PA, 2011.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 131.

1970

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no. 120.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 74.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.27. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

incised lower left: Gemini I; incised lower right: J Johns / '60-'69

Markings

stamped lower left: [Gemini G.E.L.]; printed center verso on adhered label: Gemini G.E.L. / 8221 Melrose Avenue / Los Angeles, California / U.S.A. / Artist Jasper Johns / Title Flag / Print number JJ69-219 / Size 17" x 23"

Wikidata ID

Q63860889

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