Past Exhibition

The Drawings of Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns, Numbers, 1966, metallic luster paint and graphite wash on non-woven viscose rayon, Gift of Leo Castelli in memory of Toiny Castelli, 1989.82.1

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    West Building, Ground Floor, East and West Outer Tiers
Jasper Johns, Numbers, 1966, metallic luster paint and graphite wash on non-woven viscose rayon, Gift of Leo Castelli in memory of Toiny Castelli, 1989.82.1

Overview: 115 of Johns' works, spanning over 35 years of his career from 1954 to 1989, were drawn from public and private collections.

Organization: Nan Rosenthal, curator of 20th-century art, and Ruth E. Fine, curator of modern prints and drawings, were the exhibition curators, and Jasper Johns designed the exhibition.

Sponsor: Ford Motor Company supported the exhibition. Additional support was provided by indemnities from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, and from Her Majesty's Treasury (Great Britain).

Attendance: 88,346

Catalog: The Drawings of Jasper Johns, by Nan Rosenthal and Ruth E. Fine, with Marla Prather and Amy Mizrahi Zorn. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1990.

Brochure: The Drawings of Jasper Johns. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1990.

Other Venues:

  • Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, 08/19/1990–10/28/1990
  • Hayward Gallery, London, 11/29/1990–02/03/1991
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 02/22/1991–04/07/1991

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