Decoy
1971
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19-color lithograph (stone and aluminum) on Rives BFK paper
Dimensions
sheet: 104.1 x 73.7 cm (41 x 29 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Accession Number
1976.56.98
Art Historical Context
**Decoy by Jasper Johns (1971)** Step into the intriguing world of Jasper Johns with *Decoy*, a masterful19-color lithograph created in 1971. Printed on luxurious Rives BFK paper both stone and aluminum plates, large-scale work measures 41 x 29 inches, showcasing the precision and vibrancy possible in printmaking. As a leading figure in post-war American art, Johns bridged Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, often exploring everyday symbols like flags and targets to question perception and reality. By the 1970s, his practice had evolved into sophisticated editions like this one, produced in c...
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...