Green Angel [working proof]

1991

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image features an irregular white shape bordered by a thick black outline against a swirling dark gray and black marbled background. Within this shape, thin black lines intersect and divide the space into smaller sections marked with colorful abstract lines and symbols such as Xs, half-circles, and parallel lines in blue, green, red, yellow, and orange. In the top right corner of the shape, there is a small curvilinear form.
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Artwork overview

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. 253.

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: WORKING PROOF WITH INK & CRAYON ADDITIONS J Johns '91

Markings

blind stamp: [chop of ULAE]

Watermarks

FIDELIS MBM (Arches-France) TRAIT LAVIS [heart]

Wikidata ID

Q76553640

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