Jasper Johns

Painting with Two Balls
1971

A colorful abstract print divided into three horizontal sections with red, yellow, and blue colors, featuring scribble-like textures and the phrase "painting with two balls" at the bottom. Two small circles appear to be positioned between the red and yellow sections.
A colorful abstract print divided into three horizontal sections with red, yellow, and blue colors, featuring scribble-like textures and the phrase "painting with two balls" at the bottom. Two small circles appear to be positioned between the red and yellow sections.

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Date
1971

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight, irregular): 37 1/8 × 30 3/16in. (94.3 × 76.7 cm) Plate (sight, irregular): 29 3/4 × 24 1/2in. (75.6 × 62.2 cm)

Accession number
2024.135

Series
Painting with Two Balls

Edition
B/C trial proof, 2/2; three flat screens

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
artworks/37827

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