Jasper Johns

Ventriloquist
1985

A watercolor painting depicting a rustic wooden interior with a vertical striped pattern. On the left, a series of red and white squares create a border, while on the right, a column of stars atop a blue background with alternating red and white stripes suggests the American flag. A tin cup hangs from a nail in the center, and a large blue vase sits to the right, both against the backdrop of the wooden wall. The artwork has a raw, folk-art quality and is mounted on a beige paper with the artist's signature at the bottom.
A watercolor painting depicting a rustic wooden interior with a vertical striped pattern. On the left, a series of red and white squares create a border, while on the right, a column of stars atop a blue background with alternating red and white stripes suggests the American flag. A tin cup hangs from a nail in the center, and a large blue vase sits to the right, both against the backdrop of the wooden wall. The artwork has a raw, folk-art quality and is mounted on a beige paper with the artist's signature at the bottom.

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Date
1985

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 41 1/2 × 28in. (105.4 × 71.1 cm) Image: 33 1/2 × 22 1/4in. (85.1 × 56.5 cm)

Accession number
85.36

Edition
33/67

Publication
Printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

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

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