Summer (frontispiece for "Poems" by Wallace Stevens) [state proof of 2nd state]
1985
Artist, American, born 1930

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint in black on Somerset wove paper [state proof]
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 24.13 x 16.19 cm (9 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)
sheet: 38.42 x 27.31 cm (15 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2010.116.212
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Catalogue Raisonné
ULAE, no. 234 [state proof of 2nd state]
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2010 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
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. 234.
Inscriptions
in graphite, lower left: PROOF 2ND STATE; lower right: Jasper Johns '85; lower right corner: 2nd State [in another hand]
Watermarks
Somerset ENGLAND
Wikidata ID
Q76553371