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After Holbein (In Portfolio Artists against Torture) [trial proof]

1993

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image displays an array of irregular shapes and lines in a dense and layered composition. The elements suggest familiar natural forms, resembling rough textures of rocks or the outlines of a weathered landscape. The contrast between light and dark areas creates a dynamic visual effect, and the soft, flowing edges of the shapes evoke cloud formations or distant mountains.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in blue-black on wove paper [trial proof]
Credit Line

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

sheet: 50.8 x 41.59 cm (20 x 16 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2010.116.210
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 261 [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

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. 261.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: TRIAL PROOF; lower right: JJ '93

Markings

chop of ULAE

Wikidata ID

Q76553367

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