Jasper Johns

(Portfolio book)
1967

A vintage-looking page with a pair of circular etchings framed in a rectangular border at the center. The etchings feature intricate designs with text and symbols. Handwritten text and a signature with the date '69 are visible on the bottom right corner of the page. The page appears aged with a creamy beige tone and is bound with a string visible at the top edge.
A vintage-looking page with a pair of circular etchings framed in a rectangular border at the center. The etchings feature intricate designs with text and symbols. Handwritten text and a signature with the date '69 are visible on the bottom right corner of the page. The page appears aged with a creamy beige tone and is bound with a string visible at the top edge.

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Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Accordion-bound book with metal inlay on wood cover

Dimensions
Book: 28 1/8 × 22 1/8 × 1 1/2in. (71.4 × 56.2 × 3.8 cm)

Accession number
71.236.7

Edition
8/26 | 2 APs, 1 PP, 10 HCs, 2 others

Publication
Printed by Donn Steward; 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

API
artworks/5611

Part of a series:

1st Etchings

2 works

A sketch of two cylindrical cans with labels, surrounded by hatched shading, on a square of paper centered on a larger sheet with a warm tone. Below the sketch, a smaller, detailed etching of two boots is inset into the paper. The artist's signature and the year '87 are visible at the bottom right.
A vintage-looking page with a pair of circular etchings framed in a rectangular border at the center. The etchings feature intricate designs with text and symbols. Handwritten text and a signature with the date '69 are visible on the bottom right corner of the page. The page appears aged with a creamy beige tone and is bound with a string visible at the top edge.

Jasper Johns
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