Jasper Johns

Flashlight
1967

Sketch of a simple mechanical device on a beige paper, with a smaller detailed drawing of a cannon-like object in the upper right corner. The main sketch appears to be a conceptual design, with annotations and a signature at the bottom left.
Sketch of a simple mechanical device on a beige paper, with a smaller detailed drawing of a cannon-like object in the upper right corner. The main sketch appears to be a conceptual design, with annotations and a signature at the bottom left.

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Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and photoetching

Dimensions
Sheet: 26 1/16 × 20 1/16in. (66.2 × 51 cm) Plate (upper): 3 7/8 × 4 7/8in. (9.8 × 12.4 cm) Plate (lower): 9 5/16 × 13 3/8in. (23.7 × 34 cm)

Accession number
71.236.1

Series
1st Etchings

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

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