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Untitled [trial proof]

2000

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

This is a drawing of a silhouetted vase that also resembles two facing profiles. The image uses negative space to depict both a vase and two profiles in silhouette. The background is a dark rectangle, with the central focus being the white area where these dual images emerge. The contrasting play of light and dark allows viewers to switch between seeing the silhouette of a vase and the profiles of two faces. This technique is a classic example of figure-ground visual perception.

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Artwork overview

Medium

linocut in blue and black on wove paper [trial proof]
Credit Line

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

image: 10.16 × 12.7 cm (4 × 5 in.)
sheet: 21.91 × 27.31 cm (8 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2010.116.611
Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 282 [trial proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower right: TRIAL PROOF; JJ '00

Markings

blind stamp: J.J. / LOWROAD [chop of Jasper Johns]

Wikidata ID

Q76554496

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