untitled [trial proof]
2000
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View on museum website →Medium
color etching and aquatint on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 45.72 x 67.95 cm (18 x 26 3/4 in.) sheet: 56.52 x 79.38 cm (22 1/4 x 31 1/4 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
2010.116.8
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in post-war American art, bridges Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art through his innovative use of everyday like flags, targets, and numbers. Created in 2000, this *untitled [trial proof]* exemplifies his late-career exploration of printmaking, where he pushed technical boundaries with color etching and aquatint smooth wove paper. Measuring 45.72 x 67.95 cm on the plate this intimate yet expansive sheet (56.52 x 79.38 cm) invites close inspection of its layered textures and hues. As a trial proof, this work is a unique experimental stage before the final edition...
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...