Figure 5 [trial proof 3]
1968
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lithograph in black and gray on Copperplate Deluxe wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
sheet: 94.6 x 76.5 cm (37 1/4 x 30 1/8 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
2004.167.82
Art Historical Context
**Figure 5 [trial proof 3]** Jasper Johns invites visitors into the meticulous world of one of America's most influential postwar artists. Created in 1968, this lithograph in black and gray on luxurious Copperplate Deluxe wove measures an impressive 94.6 x 76.5 cm. As a trial proof—the third in a series of experimental pulls—this print captures Johns at a pivotal moment in his printmaking process, testing tones, textures, and composition before final editioning. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's-W department, it was acquired through the Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends, unders...
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...