Periscope I [trial proof], 1978 - 1979

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Medium

color lithograph on Italia wove paper [trial proof]

Dimensions

sheet: 150.65 × 101.6 cm (59 5/16 × 40 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 200 [trial proof]

Accession Number

2015.23.153

Artists / Makers

Jasper Johns (artist) American, born 1930

Serge Lozingot (printer) French, born 1935

Chris Sukimoto (printer) American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: 2/2 Trial Proof A / J Johns / '79; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: JJ78-846; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Italia Paper - / 600 pressure / I [circled] Red → 5 Passes - MAG.

Marks and Labels

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles / Stony Johns, Inc.

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Gemini G.E.L.

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 840.

1981: Goldman, Judith. Jasper Johns: Prints 1977-1981. Boston, Massachusetts: Thomas Segal Gallery, 1981, no. 14.

1994: Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 200.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.97. http://www.nga.gov/gemini