Untitled [trial proof]
2001
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color etching and aquatint on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 45.4 x 67.31 cm (17 7/8 x 26 1/2 in.) sheet: 56.83 x 78.42 cm (22 3/8 x 30 7/8 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
2010.116.414
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a towering figure in post-war American art, is renowned for his innovative works that blur the lines between painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Often associated with Neo-Dada and early Pop Art, Johns elevated everyday symbols—like flags, targets, and numbersinto profound meditations on perception and representation. This *Untitled [trial proof]* from 2001 exemplifies his late-career experimentation, created during a period when he continued to push technical boundaries in printmaking. The artwork is a color etching and aquint on wove paper, techniques that allow for intricate...
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...