Jasper Johns

Flag Study
1959

A vintage postcard featuring artistic elements and handwriting. The left side shows a watercolor depiction of an American flag with a red border. The right side includes various handwritten texts, a postmark from New York dated February 21, 1959, and a purple 3-cent U.S. postage stamp with the slogan "Save the Soil." Recipient and sender addresses are visible, with the sender's name "Bob Rauschenberg" at the bottom right. The card is adorned with abstract doodles and smudges of color.
A vintage postcard featuring artistic elements and handwriting. The left side shows a watercolor depiction of an American flag with a red border. The right side includes various handwritten texts, a postmark from New York dated February 21, 1959, and a purple 3-cent U.S. postage stamp with the slogan "Save the Soil." Recipient and sender addresses are visible, with the sender's name "Bob Rauschenberg" at the bottom right. The card is adorned with abstract doodles and smudges of color.

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Date
1959

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and graphite on found paper (recto); graphite pencil on paper (verso)

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 4 1/8 × 9 1/2in. (10.5 × 24.1 cm) Image (sight): 4 1/8 × 9 1/2in. (10.5 × 24.1 cm)

Accession number
2016.163a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The American Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc., Leonard A. Lauder, President

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

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