Jasper Johns

Skin with O'Hara Poem
1963–1965

A monochromatic artwork featuring a series of overlapping handprints and smudges in black ink on a cream-colored background. The composition includes a variety of marks ranging from distinct palm and finger impressions to more abstract smears and streaks. On the right side, there is a grid with text and numbers, resembling a form or document, and additional text is visible in the upper right corner. The piece has a raw, expressive quality, and the use of handprints suggests themes of identity or human presence.

A monochromatic artwork featuring a series of overlapping handprints and smudges in black ink on a cream-colored background. The composition includes a variety of marks ranging from distinct palm and finger impressions to more abstract smears and streaks. On the right side, there is a grid with text and numbers, resembling a form or document, and additional text is visible in the upper right corner. The piece has a raw, expressive quality, and the use of handprints suggests themes of identity or human presence.

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Date
1963–1965

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 21 1/2 × 33 3/8in. (54.6 × 84.8 cm) Image (sight): 21 × 33 3/16in. (53.3 × 84.3 cm)

Accession number
2020.13

Edition
8/30 | 8 APs

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Leonard A. Lauder

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/63155

Exhibitions

Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror

Sept 29, 2021–Feb 13, 2022

Jasper Johns
212 works in the collection

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