Untitled [trial proof]
1997 (published 1998)
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etching and aquatint in black on three sheets of adhered wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate (left): 86.36 × 61.28 cm (34 × 24 1/8 in.) plate (center): 86.36 × 60.33 cm (34 × 23 3/4 in.) plate (right): 86.36 × 61.28 cm (34 × 24 1/8 in.) sheet (overall): 101.28 × 193.36 cm (39 7/8 × 76 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
2010.116.520
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in post-World War II American art, is renowned for his innovative works that challenge perceptions of everyday symbols like flags targets, bridging Pop Art, Neo-Dada, and Abstract Expressionism. Created in 1997 and published in 1998, *Untitled [trial proof]* his late-career fascination with printmaking. As a trial proof—a preliminary, often unique impression pulled during the printing process—this etching and aquatint in black on three adhered sheets of wove paper Johns' meticulous experimentation. Etching provides crisp lines, while aquatint adds rich tonal grad...
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...