Jasper Johns

Bread

1969

A single slice of white bread centered on a large black chalkboard background.
A single slice of white bread centered on a large black chalkboard background.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Embossed lead and oil, with aluminum frame

Dimensions
Overall: 22 15/16 × 16 7/8 × 1 5/8 in. (58.3 × 42.9 × 4.1 cm)

Accession number
69.86a-b

Edition
28/60 | 14 Proofs

Publication
Printed by Kenneth E. Tyler; published by Gemini G.E.L.

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
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