The Critic Smiles [working proof]

1966

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Ben Berns

Printer, American, 1936 - 2007

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

The image shows a small, narrow object resembling a partially sheathed knife or blade on a light background. The object has a metallic gray base, a darker brown handle, and a few yellow rounded elements on one side. The color palette is muted with shades of gray, brown, and yellow, set against a white background. The object is depicted centrally and slightly toward the upper half of the paper, with minimal detail, emphasizing its elongated silhouette and the contrast between the elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in ochre and silver with hand additions painted in gold and drawn in lithographic crayon on hand-made English Chatham paper [working proof]

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 64.1 x 50.8 cm (25 1/4 x 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.28.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 025 [working proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2004 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

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

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 25.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Handle + base - printed / teeth + line drawing - by hand / Working Proof / J. Johns / 1966

Markings

blind stamp: [chop of Universal Limited Art Editions]

Wikidata ID

Q76344088

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