HandFootSockFloor [trial proof 10]

1976

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Petersburg Press

Publisher

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

The image features overlapping dark and light lines and shapes creating an abstract composition. In the center, a large dark oval shape dominates the piece, surrounded by smaller circular shapes. Other elements include wavy and zigzagging lines in the background. The combination of these elements evokes the familiarity of a shadowy footprint or an impression in sand.
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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: J Johns; lower left, in graphite: TRIAL PROOF 10/17

Wikidata ID

Q76439823

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