Cicada, 1981

Not on View

Medium

color lithograph with graphite and colored pencil on Arches 88 wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 88.9 × 66.04 cm (35 × 26 in.)

Credit Line

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

Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 213

Accession Number

2008.136.366

Artists / Makers

Jasper Johns (artist) American, born 1930

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

Christine Fox (printer) American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: Working Proof with Pencil Additions ULAE 213; lower right in graphite; J Johns / '81; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Use Arches 88 - Torn edges / Make sure that everything been / clean / H / JJ81-1003; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: I [circled] CS wash plate 1 / II [circled] Red / III [circled] Blue

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 923.

1994: Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 213.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.103. http://www.nga.gov/gemini