Two Maps I [trial proof]
1966
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lithograph in white and black on black wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
sheet: 52.7 x 67.6 cm (20 3/4 x 26 5/8 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
2004.28.39
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the National Gallery of Art, where Jasper Johns' *Two Maps I [trial]* (1966) invites you into the enigmatic world of one of America's most influential postwar artists. Printed as a lithograph in white and black on black wove paper this 52.7 x 67.6 cm sheet exemplifies Johns' fascination with everyday symbols like maps, flags, and numbers. Created during the height of the 1960s New York art scene, it bridges Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, challenging viewers to question the line between representation and abstraction. Johns, a pivotal figure in Neo-Dada and early Pop movements,...
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...