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Untitled (White Mezzotint) [trial proof]

1995

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image shows a rectangular composition filled with abstract lines and shapes. Inside the rectangle, there is a smaller box containing simplified facial elements resembling a stylized face with curving eyebrows and circular shapes as eyes. Abstract motifs surround the box, with ovals and radiating lines suggesting eyes surrounded by rays, and wavy and circular lines evoking a mountain and infinity symbol. At the bottom, the letters spell out "BRUNO BETTELHEIM."

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Artwork overview

Medium

mezzotint in white and black on wove paper [trial proof]
Credit Line

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

plate: 49.53 x 32.39 cm (19 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
sheet: 75.57 x 32.39 cm (29 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2010.116.274
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 266 [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower right: TRIAL PROOF / J Johns '95 "GRAYEST ROLLOVER" / [in another hand] 100% PORTLAND STIFF BLK

Markings

[ram's head blind stamp]

Wikidata ID

Q76553549

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