Jasper Johns

Ventriloquist
1986

A colorful, abstract artwork depicting a stylized interior scene with a variety of patterns and objects. The image features a vertical composition with elements such as a striped wall, a window with a green and orange patterned curtain, and several pots and pans hanging on the wall. The artwork combines sketch-like lines with vibrant watercolor-like hues, and there are splashes and drips of paint throughout, giving it an expressive, dynamic quality.
A colorful, abstract artwork depicting a stylized interior scene with a variety of patterns and objects. The image features a vertical composition with elements such as a striped wall, a window with a green and orange patterned curtain, and several pots and pans hanging on the wall. The artwork combines sketch-like lines with vibrant watercolor-like hues, and there are splashes and drips of paint throughout, giving it an expressive, dynamic quality.

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Date
1986

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 42 × 29 1/2in. (106.7 × 74.9 cm) Image: 36 3/8 × 24 1/4in. (92.4 × 61.6 cm)

Accession number
86.42

Edition
36/69 | 15 APs, 1 PP

Publication
Printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

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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