Figure I [trial proof 2]

1976

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Petersburg Press

Publisher

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

The image features intersecting lines and scribbles with a thick, vertical line forming an inverted "L" shape. The abstract artwork resembles a keyhole silhouette amidst a chaotic background of zigzag and crosshatched patterns. The mixture of sharp, angular lines and softer curves creates a visual of tangled mass of wires or dense thicket of branches against the sky.
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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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q76439627

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