Untitled [trial proof]
2000
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linocut in black and gray on laid paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
image: 10.16 × 12.7 cm (4 × 5 in.) sheet: 25.4 × 31.75 cm (10 × 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
2010.116.620
Art Historical Context
Jasper Johns, a towering figure in post-war American art, created this *Untitled [trial proof]* 2000, late in his prolific career. Renowned for challenging perceptions through everyday motifs like flags, targets, and numbers, Johns bridged Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art with his precise, enigmatic imagery. By the turn of the millennium, he mastered printmaking, producing works that explore ambiguity and the objecthood of art itself. This intimate linocut—carved into linoleum and printed in subtle black and gray tones on laid paper—exemplifies Johns' technical rigor. Measuring just 4 × 5 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...