Jasper Johns

Numbers

1967

Two abstract rectangular sketches on beige paper showing overlapping circular and linear pencil drawings.
Two abstract rectangular sketches on beige paper showing overlapping circular and linear pencil drawings.

Jasper Johns, Numbers, 1967. Etching and photoetching, sheet: 26 1/4 × 20 1/8 in. (66.7 × 51.1 cm) Plate (left): 4 11/16 × 3 3/4 in. (11.9 × 9.5 cm) Plate (right): 13 5/16 × 9 13/16 in. (33.8 × 24.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Stanley and Renie Helfgott 71.236.6. © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1967

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and photoetching

Dimensions
Sheet: 26 1/4 × 20 1/8 in. (66.7 × 51.1 cm) Plate (left): 4 11/16 × 3 3/4 in. (11.9 × 9.5 cm) Plate (right): 13 5/16 × 9 13/16 in. (33.8 × 24.9 cm)

Accession number
71.236.6

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/5704

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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