Casts (Words) [trial proof 3]

1976

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Petersburg Press

Publisher

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

The image shows intersecting dark lines and shapes creating an abstract composition on the canvas. There are white shapes scattered across the artwork, each containing handwritten notations. The overall design resembles a chaotic map or blueprint.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black with black ink and felt-tip pen on wove paper [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.78 × 19.69 cm (10 15/16 × 7 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 31.12 × 23.97 cm (12 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.136.242

  • 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

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 right, in graphite: J Johns; lower left, in graphite: TRIAL PROOF 3/5 WITH INK ADDITIONS

Wikidata ID

Q76439713

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