Untitled [trial proof]
1997 (published 1998)
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etching and aquatint in black and gray on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 85.73 x 60.96 cm (33 3/4 x 24 in.) sheet: 108.27 x 75.88 cm (42 5/8 x 29 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
2010.116.497
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in 20th-century American art is celebrated for his innovative works that blurred the lines between abstraction and representation, influencing Pop Art and Neo-Dada. Created in 1997 and published in 1998 *Untitled [trial proof]* Johns in his later career, exploring printmaking with characteristic subtlety and ambiguity. As a trial proof, this piece represents an experimental stage before the final edition, allowing the artist to refine tones, textures, and compositions—offering visitors a rare glimpse into his creative process. The medium—etching and aquatint in ...
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...