Green Angel 2 [state proof of 6th state]
1997
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aquatint and etching in black on wove paper [state proof]
Dimensions
plate: 101.6 x 46.36 cm (40 x 18 1/4 in.) sheet: 119.7 x 46.67 cm (47 1/8 x 18 3/8 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
2010.116.323
Art Historical Context
**Green Angel 2 [state proof of 6 state]** is a striking 1997 print by Jasper Johns, one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. Created as an aquatint and etching in black on wove paper, state proof—measuring 101.6 x 46.36 cm on the plate—captures an experimental stage in the editioning process, the sixth of several states before the final version. Johns, renowned for his iconic flags, targets, and numbers blurred the lines between painting and objecthood, often explored fragmented figures and personal symbols in his later works, bridging Pop Art and Conceptualism. The ...
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...