Figure 8

1969

John Dill

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Charles Ritt

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Richard Wilke

Printer, American, active late 20th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arjomari wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 97.16 × 79.69 cm (38 1/4 × 31 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.74.87

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 067

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Both Art and Life: Gemini at 25, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, 1992.

2001

  • Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Terra Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois; Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, 2001.

2006

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

2015

  • The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, 2015-2017.

2017

  • The American Dream: Pop to the Present, British Museum, London, England, 2017, pp. 98-99, no. 50.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 124.

1970

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no. 112.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 67.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.20. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

2017

  • Coppel, Stephen, et al. The American Dream: Pop to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017, p. 99, no. 50.

Inscriptions

lower right in green pencil: J Johns / '69; lower left corner in graphite: Gemini I; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JJ-68-209

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74889070

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