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Four Panels (BCDA) [trial proof]

1976

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

Petersburg Press

Publisher

The image displays an arrangement of abstract shapes and lines divided into three distinct sections. On the left are irregular polygons resembling a giraffe's skin pattern. The center features abstract lines and patches disrupting a grid-like structure. On the right is a chaotic sea of short, linear strokes forming a cluster of zigzag patterns. These sections collectively form an abstract collage reminiscent of natural textures.

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Artwork overview

Medium

aquatint in gray on wove paper [trial proof]
Credit Line

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

sheet: 7.5 × 19.5 cm (2 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.136.201
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 173 [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2008 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. 173.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: TRIAL PROOF; recto lower right: J Johns

Wikidata ID

Q76439660

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