Jasper Johns, Donn Steward

Lightbulb
1967

An etching on beige paper featuring two separate images. The upper image is a simple line drawing of a light bulb lying on its side on a flat surface, contained within a square border. Below it, a more detailed and shaded etching of a spherical object resting in an open box, also within a square border. The artist's signature and the year '67 are inscribed at the bottom right of the paper.
An etching on beige paper featuring two separate images. The upper image is a simple line drawing of a light bulb lying on its side on a flat surface, contained within a square border. Below it, a more detailed and shaded etching of a spherical object resting in an open box, also within a square border. The artist's signature and the year '67 are inscribed at the bottom right of the paper.

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Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and photoetching

Dimensions
Sheet: 26 × 20 1/8in. (66 × 51.1 cm) Plate (upper): 6 5/8 × 8 13/16in. (16.8 × 22.4 cm) Plate (lower): 3 15/16 × 4 13/16in. (10 × 12.2 cm)

Accession number
71.236.2

Series
1st Etchings

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

Publication
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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Jasper Johns
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