Green Angel 2 [artist's proof]

1997

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image displays interlocking shapes and lines creating an intricate pattern of overlapping forms. The abstract composition features striped and speckled textures in blue, brown, yellow, and pink hues. The shapes resemble a patchwork quilt or a stylized map, with contours suggesting profiles of landmasses or creatures. Diagonal lines run throughout, enhancing movement and complexity.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and aquatint on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper [artist's proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    plate: 103.51 × 46.67 cm (40 3/4 × 18 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 121.6 × 63.18 cm (47 7/8 × 24 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.48.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 271 [artist's proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2013 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: AP 11/13; lower right: J Johns '97

Markings

blind stamp: [chop of ULAE]

Wikidata ID

Q77005299

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