Untitled [trial proof]
2001
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etching and aquatint in brown on buff paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 45.72 × 66.99 cm (18 × 26 3/8 in.) sheet: 67.95 × 87 cm (26 3/4 × 34 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
2010.116.464
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in post-war American art, created this *Untitled [trial proof]* in 2001, late in his illustrious career. Renowned for his innovative use of everyday symbols—like flags, targets, and numbers—Johns blurred the lines between painting, sculpture, and printmaking, influencing Pop Art and Neo-Dada. This etching reflects his enduring fascination with process and perception, produced when he was over 70 and still pushing technical boundaries. Printed in rich brown ink on warm buff paper, the work employs etching and aquatint techniques. Etching involves incising lines i...
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...