HandFootSockFloor [trial proof 14]

1976

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Petersburg Press

Publisher

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

The image shows a collection of bold and textured shapes with curving contours and dense, dark lines. The composition may evoke thoughts of a hand with a central rounded shape and multiple oval forms resembling fingers. The form is surrounded by a flurry of black marks and shading which might remind one of a textured fabric or a forest of thick underbrush. The combination of shadow and light provides depth, giving cues of both a hand in movement and a natural landscape.
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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 14/17

Wikidata ID

Q76439828

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