Green Angel [state proof of 1st state]
1996 (published 1998)
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etching in black on wove paper [state proof]
Dimensions
plate: 29.85 x 22.86 cm (11 3/4 x 9 in.) sheet: 53.98 x 37.47 cm (21 1/4 x 14 3/4 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
2010.116.561
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the National Gallery of Art, where Jasper Johns's *Green Angel [state proof of 1 state]* (1996, published 1998) invites you the intimate world of printmaking. This striking black etching on wove paper captures an ethereal, enigmatic figure in green tones, measuring a modest plate size of 11 3/4 x 9 inches within a larger 21 1/4 x 14 3/4-inch sheet. As a state proof—the first experimental impression before the final edition—it offers a rare window into Johns's meticulous creative process, acquired through the generosity of the Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the Nation...
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...