High School Days

1969

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Kenneth Tyler

Edition Production, American, born 1931

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

This is a painting of an embossed shoe on a dark surface. The painting features the subtle, three-dimensional outline of a shoe with laces centralized against a monochromatic, dark background. The shoe appears to be a simple, closed-toe design with visible laces and fine details, such as the gathered texture over the toe area. Near the heel of the shoe is a circular detail with the words "HIGH SCHOOL" imprinted around it.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lead relief with mirror

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    1991.74.73

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 072

  • Series Title

    Lead Reliefs

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

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

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 129.

1970

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no. 118.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 72.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.25. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

center on plate: High School Days; incised upper right: Gemini I / J Johns / '69; upper center verso in black ink by unknown hand: JJ69-217 / Gem I; lower right verso in black ink by unknown hand: "Gemini I" / impression

Markings

stamped upper right: [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 High School Days / Print number JJ69-217 / Size 17" x 23"

Wikidata ID

Q63860893

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