Untitled (Red) [state proof of 2nd state]
1982
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etching and aquatint in black on wove paper [state proof]
Dimensions
plate: 86.04 x 62.23 cm (33 7/8 x 24 1/2 in.) sheet: 104.78 x 74.61 cm (41 1/4 x 29 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
2010.116.308
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in American postwar art, created *Untitled (Red) [ proof of 2nd]* in 1982. Renowned for his innovative takes everyday symbols like flags and, Johns blurred the lines painting and sculpture, influencing Art and Neo-Dada This work exemplifies his later printmaking phase, where he pushed technical boundaries at studios like Universal Limited Art Editions. Printed in black etching and aquatint on wove paper, the piece measures a substantial plate size of 86 x 62 cm (sheet: 105 x 75 cm). Etching provides crisp lines incised into a metal plate with acid, while aquatin...
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...