Untitled [trial proof]
2001
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View on museum website →Medium
color etching and aquatint on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 45.72 × 67.95 cm (18 × 26 3/4 in.) sheet: 56.83 × 78.74 cm (22 3/8 × 31 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
2010.116.458
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a towering figure in 20th-century American art, created *Untitled [trial proof]* 2001, late in his prolific career. Known for his iconic depictions of flags, targets, and numbers that bridged Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art Johns often explored the interplay between perception and representation. This work, a color etching and aquint on wove paper exemplifies his mastery of printmaking, a medium he embraced from the 1960s onward to investigate texture, color, and repetition. As a trial proof—a preliminary impression pulled before the final edition—this piece offers a rare gli...
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...