Jasper Johns

Painting with Two Balls (Grays)
1971

A grayscale artwork featuring two rectangular panels with abstract patterns, separated by a thin white space where two small spherical objects are placed. Below the panels, the text "Painting with two balls" followed by "J. Johns" is inscribed.
A grayscale artwork featuring two rectangular panels with abstract patterns, separated by a thin white space where two small spherical objects are placed. Below the panels, the text "Painting with two balls" followed by "J. Johns" is inscribed.

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Date
1971

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight, irregular): 35 × 28in. (88.9 × 71.1 cm) Plate (sight, irregular): 29 1/2 × 24 1/2in. (74.9 × 62.2 cm)

Accession number
2024.140

Series
Painting with Two Balls (Grays)

Edition
2/2 progressive; first and second screens

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/37832

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