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Untitled [state proof of 3rd state]

1997

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image consists of various shapes and lines, including a large rectangular formation resembling a floor plan with geometric lines and shapes on a background of abstract polka dots. To the right are thick black lines forming shapes reminiscent of a ladder and intersecting arrows. In the center is a rectangular piece with fluid, organic shapes surrounded by a pattern suggestive of an eye. This abstract artwork may evoke connections with architectural blueprints, celestial patterns, and elements of everyday objects such as a ladder or topographic maps.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and aquatint in black on wove paper [state proof]
Credit Line

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

plate: 32.07 x 48.26 cm (12 5/8 x 19 in.)
sheet: 50.17 x 65.09 cm (19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2010.116.576
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 270 [state proof of 3rd state]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: 3RD STATE; lower right: J Johns '97

Markings

J.J. [chop of Jasper Johns]

Wikidata ID

Q76554415

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