Rejected Plates: Hand [trial proof 5]

1976

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Petersburg Press

Publisher

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

The image shows a series of rectangular sections with various patterns and shapes creating an abstract composition. The sections contain hexagon shapes and lines resembling stone pavements or tiled floors. Dark organic shapes overlap the sections like ink blots or shadows. The image combines geometric patterns with organic forms, resembling a patchwork with a mosaic or quilt-like appearance.
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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. 173.

Inscriptions

lower right, in graphite: JJ; lower left, in graphite: TRIAL PROOF 5/5 REJECTED PLATE

Wikidata ID

Q76439755

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