Untitled [trial proof]

1996

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Atelier Crommelynck, Paris

Printer

Aldo Crommelynck

Printer, French, 1931 - 2008

The image features three panels with abstract arrangements of circles, arrows, and text. The left panel includes a circular form, a downward arrow, and the text "RED" and "BLUE" on a red background. The central panel shows a pattern of circular shapes with a hand and the word "YELLOW." The right panel displays blue tones with angular shapes, the words "YELLOW" and "BLUE," and arrows and lines connecting the segments.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and aquatint on handmade Japanese paper [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate (left): 86.36 × 61.6 cm (34 × 24 1/4 in.)
    plate (center): 86.36 × 60.33 cm (34 × 23 3/4 in.)
    plate (right): 86.36 × 61.6 cm (34 × 24 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 107.32 × 191.14 cm (42 1/4 × 75 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.116.514

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 273 [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2021-2022 (shown only in Philadelphia), p. 214, no. 2, repro.

  • Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2021 - 2022, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2021

  • Basualdo, Carlos, and Rothkopf, Scott, editors.Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2021-2022: 214, no. 2.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Trial Proof; lower right in graphite: J Johns '96

Markings

embossed lower left: J.J. / Lowroad

Wikidata ID

Q76554259

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