Figure 7
1968
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lithograph in black and gray on Copperplate Deluxe wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 94.93 × 76.2 cm (37 3/8 × 30 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
1981.5.33
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns' *Figure 7* (1968) is a striking lithograph in black and on Copperplate Deluxe wove paper, measuring nearly 37 by 30 inches. Created during a pivotal moment in Johns' career, this exemplifies his shift toward fragmented forms and numerical motifs, echoing his iconic earlier works like the flag paintings and numbered canvases from the 1950s and '60s. As a key figure in bridging Abstract Expressionism and Pop, Johns challenged viewers to reconsider everyday symbols—numbers, letters, targets—as both abstract and representational. Printed in collaboration with the renowned Gemini G.E...
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...