Untitled (White Mezzotint) [trial proof]
1995
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mezzotint in black on gray laid paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 48.9 x 33.02 cm (19 1/4 x 13 in.) sheet: 66.68 x 51.44 cm (26 1/4 x 20 1/4 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
2010.116.283
Art Historical Context
Step into the subtle world of Jasper Johns'Untitled (White Mezzot) [trial proof]*1995), a captivating print from the artist's mature career. Created as a mezzotint in black ink on gray laid paper, this trial proof measures nearly 20 by 13 inches on the, inviting close inspection of its tonal depths. Johns, a pivotal figure in post-war American art who bridged Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art often explored ambiguity through everyday motifs and meticulous technique—here distilled into an evocative "white" composition that plays with light emerging from shadow. Mezzotint, known as the "black ...
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...