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Untitled [element in black proof]

2001

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image consists of rectangular and curvilinear shapes in varying shades of gray. The dominant shapes include vertical rectangles and a large arc resembling part of a circle on its side.

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Artwork overview

Medium

aquatint in black on wove paper [element in black proof]
Credit Line

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

plate: 56.2 x 78.74 cm (22 1/8 x 31 in.)
sheet: 46.36 x 68.58 cm (18 1/4 x 27 in.)
Accession Number

2010.116.441
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 285 [element in black proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: (5TH ELEMENT IN BLACK) 1ST STATE; lower right: J Johns '00; lower right verso: 1st STATE [in another hand]

Watermarks

[rooster in a circle]

Wikidata ID

Q76554044

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