Jasper Johns

Painting with Two Balls (Grays)
1971

A minimalist artwork featuring a large black rectangle with a thin white horizontal line across the center. Two small white circles, resembling balls, are placed on the line near the center of the rectangle. Below the rectangle, handwritten text reads "painting with two balls" followed by the artist's signature, J. Johns.
A minimalist artwork featuring a large black rectangle with a thin white horizontal line across the center. Two small white circles, resembling balls, are placed on the line near the center of the rectangle. Below the rectangle, handwritten text reads "painting with two balls" followed by the artist's signature, J. Johns.

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Date
1971

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight, irregular): 34 7/8 × 28 1/4in. (88.6 × 71.8 cm) Plate (sight, irregular): 29 1/2 × 24 1/2in. (74.9 × 62.2 cm)

Accession number
2024.142

Series
Painting with Two Balls (Grays)

Edition
Proof 2/2; progressive, flat screen

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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