Jasper Johns

Ale Cans

1967

Not on view

Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and photoetching

Dimensions
Sheet: 25 3/8 × 19 3/4 in. (64.5 × 50.2 cm) Plate (upper): 11 1/8 × 11 3/16 in. (28.3 × 28.4 cm) Plate (lower): 3 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (8.9 × 8.6 cm)

Accession number
71.236.3

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
Gift of Stanley and Renie Helfgott

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

API
artworks/5701

Part of a series:
1st Etchings
7 works

Two decorated metal cans sitting side by side on a small tray, shown in sketch and photo.
Hand-drawn abstract American flag with scribbled lines and stars above a blank beige sheet.
A simple pencil sketch of a cylindrical horn mounted on a rectangular base with small photo.
A simple drawing shows two studies of a light bulb lying on a rectangular block on beige paper.
Two abstract rectangular sketches on beige paper showing overlapping circular and linear pencil drawings.
A sketch of a paintbrush-filled jar with a small photographic inset of the same object.
Small etching of two Ballantine Ale seals centered on a cream page with a handwritten note.




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