7 from 0-9 (Black)
1963
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one from a portfolio of 10 lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 52.1 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Accession Number
1976.56.61.8
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns' *7 from 0-9 (Black)*, created in 1963, is one of ten lithographs a striking portfolio printed on wove paper. intimate sheet, measuring 52.1 x 40 cm, captures the numeral "7" in bold, stenciled black forms layered over one another, creating a textured, almost sculptural depth. As part of the National Gallery of Art's—generously gifted by the Woodward Foundation—this work exemplifies Johns' fascination with everyday symbols during the early 1960s. Johns, a pivotal figure bridging Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, elevated mundane motifs like numbers, flags, and targets into prof...
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...