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Untitled [trial proof]

2000

Jasper Johns

Associated Names

Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image shows abstract shapes forming a complex composition of overlapping curves and lines. There is a silhouette resembling a human face facing left, created by the negative space within a blue shape. The blue shape has a crisscross pattern. Below the face, a white vase-like shape emerges, creating an illusion that resembles a familiar optical illusion of a vase or two faces based on the viewer's focus. Thin wavy lines in blue traverse the bottom, suggesting water or gentle ripples.

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Artwork overview

Medium

linocut in black and blue 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: 24.45 × 25.4 cm (9 5/8 × 10 in.)
Accession Number

2010.116.615
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 left: TRIAL PROOF; lower right: JJ '00

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q76554502

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