Untitled (Orange Mezzotint) [trial proof A]

1995

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image displays a composition with a central square featuring a simple face with geometric features like circular eyes and a nose, and a curved line for a mouth. This design is complemented by swirling organic shapes that resemble limbs and body parts, suggesting human or creature-like forms. The artwork conveys an abstract theme, combining human-like figures with various textures and contours within a rectangular frame containing text along the bottom edge.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: A TRIAL PROOF; lower right, below plate mark: JJ; along bottom edge of sheet: [in another hand]: OCHRE PLATE 1st state (ocher) STATE #2

Markings

[chop of ULAE]

Wikidata ID

Q76553475

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