Untitled [state proof of 4th state]
1999
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etching and aquatint in black on wove paper [state proof]
Dimensions
plate: 55.56 x 28.26 cm (21 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.) sheet: 74.3 x 44.13 cm (29 1/4 x 17 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
2010.116.532
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a towering figure in post-war American art, created this *Untitled [state proof of 4th state]* in 1999, a black etching and aquatint on wove paper. Born in 1930, Johns modern art in the 1950s and '60s by bridging Abstractism and Pop Art, elevating everyday symbols like flags, targets, and numbers into profound meditations on perception and representation. By the late 1990s, his work had evolved into more introspective explorations, often through the precise, iterative medium of printmaking. This piece, measuring 55.56 x 28.26 cm on the plate, is a rare "state proof"—a trial impr...
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...