Jasper Johns

Painting with a Ball
1972–1973

A minimalist artwork featuring a large, black rectangle with a subtle vertical split down the center, set against a white background. The texture within the black area suggests brush strokes or a hand-drawn element. In the bottom right corner, there are two signatures and a date.
A minimalist artwork featuring a large, black rectangle with a subtle vertical split down the center, set against a white background. The texture within the black area suggests brush strokes or a hand-drawn element. In the bottom right corner, there are two signatures and a date.

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Date
1972–1973

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (sight, irregular): 31 1/8 × 22 13/16in. (79 × 57.9 cm) Plate (sight, irregular): 21 11/16 × 18 3/8in. (55.1 × 46.7 cm)

Accession number
2024.145

Edition
31/42

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

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

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Jasper Johns
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