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Painting with Two Balls (Grays) [trial proof]

1971

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Studio Heinrici

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Artwork overview

Medium

screenprint on wove paper [trial proof]
Credit Line

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

sheet: 87.6 x 70.2 cm (34 1/2 x 27 5/8 in.)
Accession

2006.136.62
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 088 [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2006 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Bibliography

1978

Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1970-1977. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1978, 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. 88.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: A/B TRIAL PROOF 1/2 / J Johns '71

Wikidata ID

Q76345150

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