Green Angel 2 [trial proof 19]
1997
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint and etching on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 101.6 x 46.36 cm (40 x 18 1/4 in.) sheet: 120.02 x 63.5 cm (47 1/4 x 25 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
2010.116.348
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in post-war American art, created *Green Angel 2 [trial proof 19]* in 1997, during his later career phase marked by intricate printmaking experiments. Known for challenging perceptions through everyday motifs like flags and targets in his earlier Pop Art and Neo-Dada works, Johns delves into ethereal, fragmented figures. This print captures his ongoing fascination with ambiguity, layering personal symbolism—such as angelic forms—against abstract geometries, inviting viewers to question representation itself. The medium, a color aquatint and etching on wove paper...
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...