Untitled (State Proofs and Proofs of Numbers) [state proof]

1975

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Petersburg Press

Publisher

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

The image features five square, vertically oriented elements laid out horizontally. Each element contains abstract lines and shapes that suggest the numbers eight, nine, six, one, and zero from left to right. The first box has swirling and textured lines, resembling the number eight. The second box has densely filled crisscrossing lines, hinting at the number nine. In the center, bold, dark curves suggest the number six. The fourth box features jagged and angular strokes inferring the number one. The last box displays rounded forms around a vertical oval, forming the number zero.
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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, nos. 156, 157, 159, 162, and 164.

Inscriptions

lower right, in graphite: STATE PROOF / JJ '75

Wikidata ID

Q76439545

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