Untitled [trial proof]
2001
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etching and aquatint in black on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 45.72 x 67.31 cm (18 x 26 1/2 in.) sheet: 56.52 x 79.06 cm (22 1/4 x 31 1/8 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
2010.116.448
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in post-World War II American art, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art with his iconic motifs like flags, targets, and numbers. Created in 2001, *Untitled [trial proof]* his later printmaking explorations. This etching and aquatint in black on wove paper captures Johns' mastery of intaglio techniques: etching for precise lines incised into a metal plate with acid, and aquat for rich, tonal gradations achieved through resin-grounded surfaces. As a trial proof—pulled before the final edition—this work offers a rare glimpse into the artist's experimental process, whe...
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...