Jasper Johns

Souvenir
1970

This is an artwork featuring a stylized representation of a window with a dark upper pane and a yellow lower pane, surrounded by a black frame. A circular element with a portrait and the words "RED," "BLUE," "YELLOW," and "SELF?" overlaps the bottom left corner of the window. The word "souvenir" is handwritten near the portrait. The piece is signed and numbered at the bottom right.
This is an artwork featuring a stylized representation of a window with a dark upper pane and a yellow lower pane, surrounded by a black frame. A circular element with a portrait and the words "RED," "BLUE," "YELLOW," and "SELF?" overlaps the bottom left corner of the window. The word "souvenir" is handwritten near the portrait. The piece is signed and numbered at the bottom right.

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Date
1970

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 31 3/16 × 23in. (79.2 × 58.4 cm) Image: 24 1/4 × 17 5/8in. (61.6 × 44.8 cm)

Accession number
74.124

Edition
23/50

Publication
Printed by Zigmunds Priede; printed by Dan Socha; printed by Frank Akers; printed by John Butkiewicz; published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Stanley and Renie Helfgott

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

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