Ale Cans

1964

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

Zigmunds Priede

Printer, American, born Latvia, 1935-2024

The image shows two cylindrical cans positioned side by side on a flat rectangular base. The cans have detailed label designs with text and possibly a logo. The colors in the image are dark brown, olive green, red, and cream set against a dense black background with a cream border. The cans are centered towards the lower half of the black area.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    7-color lithograph (stone) on wove Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 57.8 x 45.4 cm (22 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.56.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 020

  • Copyright

    Published by Universal Limited Art Editions © Jasper Johns and U.L.A.E./Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.; acquired 1976 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1970

  • Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no.

1994

  • Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 20.

Inscriptions

in graphite; lower right: 29/31 / J. Johns / '66

Markings

blind stamp: ULAE

Watermarks

JAPAN

Wikidata ID

Q65571603

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