Untitled [trial proof]
2000
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linocut in black and blue on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
image: 10.16 × 12.7 cm (4 × 5 in.) sheet: 24.45 × 25.4 cm (9 5/8 × 10 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
2010.116.615
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a pivotal figure in post-war American art associated with Neo-Dada and early Pop Art, created this *Untitled [trial proof]* in 2000. Renowned for his iconic depictions of flags, targets, numbers that blurred the line between object and image, Johns frequently turned to printmaking to explore perception, repetition, and the handmade mark. This modest linut—carved fromoleum, inked in black and blue, and printed on wove paper—emplifies his late-career experimentation, where relief printing allowed for bold, tactile textures and subtle color interactions. As a trial proof, this work...
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...