Untitled (White Mezzotint) [trial proof]

1995

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image features a rectangular frame with an abstract composition of lines and shapes within it. There are eye-like shapes with radiating lines at the top corners. Inside the rectangle, there is a smaller square with a face-like arrangement: two comma-shaped curves suggest eyes, and two circles with a dot in the center could represent cheeks or a nose and mouth arrangement. Below the square is a curving loop resembling a mathematical infinity symbol. The background of the rectangle is textured and contains outlined circles, with a bold angular form that suggests a mountain outline, and the lowercase letters "BRUNOBETTELHEIM" at the bottom.
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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: TRIAL PROOF, [in another hand], 8-11-95; lower right: J Johns '95

Markings

[chop of a ram's head]

Wikidata ID

Q76553592

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