0 through 9 [working proof]
started 1977, published 1978
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lithograph in black with red chalk on newsprint [working proof]
Dimensions
sheet: 25.4 × 21.59 cm (10 × 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
2008.136.541
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of Jasper Johns with *0 through 9 [working proof]*, a captivating lithograph begun in 1977 and published in 1978 This intimate print, measuring just 10 × 8½ inches on humble newsprint, showcases black ink layered with red chalk—a working proof that reveals the artist's experimental process. Housed in the National Gallery of Art, was acquired through the Pat' Permanent Fund and Special, highlighting its value to collectors. Johns, a pivotal figure in Pop Art and Neo-Dada obsessively explored everyday symbols like numbers and flags, blurring the line between ordinary objects...
About the Artist
Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker whose revolutionary work fundamentally transformed the trajectory of postwar American art. Emerging in the 1950s when Abstract Expressionism dominated the New York art world, Johns introduced a radically different approach by painting familiar, everyday symbols—flags, targets, numbers, and maps—that he des...