Green Angel 2 [trial proof 14]
1997
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint and etching on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 102.55 x 46.36 cm (40 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.) sheet: 120.65 x 63.18 cm (47 1/2 x 24 7/8 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
2010.116.343
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the National Gallery of Art are invited to explore *Green Angel 2 [trial proof 14]*, a captivating 1997 print by Jasper Johns, one of most influential American artists of the 20th century Born in 1930, Johns revolutionized postwar art in the 1950s with iconic images of flags, targets, numbers, bridging Abstract Expressionism and Pop. By the late 1990s, his work delved into fragmented forms, layered symbolism, and the interplay of perception and memory, often through masterful printmaking. This trial proof—number 14 in a series of experiments before the final edition—showcases John...
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...