Untitled [state proof of 7th state]
2001
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etching and aquatint in black on wove paper [state proof]
Dimensions
plate: 45.72 x 67.31 cm (18 x 26 1/2 in.) sheet: 56.52 x 78.11 cm (22 1/4 x 30 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
2010.116.437
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in post-war American art, bridges Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art his iconic use of everyday symbols like flags, targets, and numbers. Created in 2001, *Untitled [state proof of7th state]* exemplifies his late-career exploration of ambiguity and process. At over 70, Johns continued innovating, producing prints that challenge perceptions of image, medium, and meaning—hallmarks of his oeuvre since the 1950s. This work is a state proof, an intermediate impression from the seventh developmental stage of an etching and aquatint plate. Etching creates precise lines...
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...