Usuyuki [working proof]

1979

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Jasper Johns

Publisher, American, born 1930

Simca Print Artists

Printer

Kenjiro Nonaka

Printer, Japanese, active second half 20th century

Hiroshi Kawanishi

Printer, Japanese, active second half 20th century

The image displays a composition of rectangular shapes filled with rows of text, aligned in various directions across a triptych format. This abstract arrangement resembles a collage of cut-out newspaper or magazine clippings, interspersed with handwritten numbers and additional notes at the margins. Each rectangular strip contains lines of printed text, some emphasized with bold or highlighted sections, creating a sense of organized chaos similar to a mosaic wall.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2010 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2021-2022 (shown only in Philadelphia).

  • Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2021 - 2022, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 216.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower right: J Johns 79 [various mathematical calculations and other notations in lower right border in graphite, and black felt -tip pen]; in felt-tip pen: Cicada; [gridded image is numbered in graphite]

Wikidata ID

Q76553060

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