Jasper Johns

Usuyuki
1981

A large, abstract triptych painting with a pastel background overlaid with a dense, geometric pattern of interlocking lines and shapes resembling books or tiles. Some areas are highlighted with faint red circles. The artwork has a textured appearance with visible brushstrokes and a variety of blue, gray, and beige tones.

A large, abstract triptych painting with a pastel background overlaid with a dense, geometric pattern of interlocking lines and shapes resembling books or tiles. Some areas are highlighted with faint red circles. The artwork has a textured appearance with visible brushstrokes and a variety of blue, gray, and beige tones.

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Date
1981

Classification
Prints

Medium
Color screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 43 × 45 5/8in. (109.2 × 115.9 cm) Image (Sight): 27 1/2 × 45 1/8in. (69.9 × 114.6 cm)

Accession number
P.2010.146

Edition
56/85

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Emily Fisher Landau

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

API
artworks/37805

Exhibitions

Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Feb 10–May 1, 2011

Jasper Johns
212 works in the collection

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