A Cartoon for Tanya [trial proof]

1972

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

The image contains various abstract shapes and lines on a plain background. An oval encompassing brush-like strokes is on the left side, with a dotted line extending towards a blurred, ink splotch resembling a profile of a human face on the top right. Below the oval are bold brushstrokes forming abstracted shapes resembling tools or objects. Above these shapes is a hand-written note that reads, "A CARTOON FOR TRINNA WITH LOVE FROM JASPER 1 OCT. 1972."
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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. 119.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: TRIAL PROOF 1/2; lower right: J Johns / 72

Markings

blind stamp: [chop of Universal Limited Art Editions]

Wikidata ID

Q76345404

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