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Jasper JohnsWW-1963-101277

1963·Color lithograph from two stones and one aluminum plate on handmade Italia white wove paper·Image/sheet: 102.3 × 71.3 cm (40 5/16 × 28 1/8 in.)

<p>Johns created the gray portion of this print in 1963, originally intending it for a collaboration with Frank O’Hara. Later, he added a photographic detail from a 1965 painting entitled <em>Eddingsville</em>. While other artists, notably Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol had already used photographic imagery in their prints, Johns was the first artist Mrs. Grosman allowed to use a photomechanically-made plate. Thus he entered a new phase of possibilities in image-making. Thereafter, he could simultaneously compare a drawn illusion with a reproduction of an image.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1963
Medium: Color lithograph from two stones and one aluminum plate on handmade Italia white wove paper
Dimensions: Image/sheet: 102.3 × 71.3 cm (40 5/16 × 28 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jasper Johns

Artist

Jasper Johns

Painting

Jasper Johns is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. Considered a central figure in the development of American postwar art, he has been variously associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art movements.

Augusta, GA, USA

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