Jasper Johns

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1967

An abstract etching with dense, scribbled lines filling a rectangular frame on a beige paper. Below the main image, on the same sheet, is a smaller, darker square etching. The paper has artist's markings and annotations on the bottom edge.
An abstract etching with dense, scribbled lines filling a rectangular frame on a beige paper. Below the main image, on the same sheet, is a smaller, darker square etching. The paper has artist's markings and annotations on the bottom edge.

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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): 11 3/4 × 17 5/8in. (29.9 × 44.8 cm) Plate (lower): 3 1/4 × 4 5/8in. (8.3 × 11.8 cm)

Accession number
71.236.5

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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