Jasper Johns

Painting with Two Balls (Grays)
1971

A grayscale artwork featuring abstract patterns and textures with a horizontal bar across the middle, below which two small spherical shapes are positioned. The lower portion of the image includes text that reads "painting with two balls" followed by the artist's signature and the year 1971.
A grayscale artwork featuring abstract patterns and textures with a horizontal bar across the middle, below which two small spherical shapes are positioned. The lower portion of the image includes text that reads "painting with two balls" followed by the artist's signature and the year 1971.

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Date
1971

Classification
Prints

Medium
Color screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight, irregular): 37 3/8 × 28in. (94.9 × 71.1 cm) Plate (sight, irregular): 29 7/8 × 24 1/2in. (75.9 × 62.2 cm)

Accession number
2024.134

Edition
33/66

Publication
Printed by Aetna Silkscreen Products, Inc., New York; published by Jasper Johns

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

API
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