Untitled [trial proof]
1998
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View on museum website →Medium
color etching and aquatint on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate (left): 8.26 × 6.03 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in.) plate (center): 8.26 × 6.03 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in.) plate (right): 8.26 × 6.03 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in.) sheet: 24.13 × 31.75 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/2 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
2010.116.568
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in post-World War II American art, renowned for challenging perceptions of everyday objects through motifs like flags, targets, and numbers. This *Untitled [trial proof]* from 1998 exemplifies his late-career exploration in printmaking, where he continued to blur lines between painting and reproduction. Acquired by the National Gallery of Art the Patrons' Permanent and Special Friends, it reflects Johns' enduring influence, bridging Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art meticulous technique. Composed as three small color etching and aquatint plates—each precisely 8...
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...