The Draftsman's Colors: Fourteen New Acquisitions from Johns to Chong

Mar 3–July 8, 2001

Abstract grid of panels filled with repeating black brushstroke patterns and colored grid lines.
Abstract grid of panels filled with repeating black brushstroke patterns and colored grid lines.

Jasper Johns, Usuyuki, 1979. Brush and ink, wash, acrylic, and graphite pencil on plastic, sheet: 33 1/8 × 51 1/2 in. (84.1 × 130.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder Fund 99.13. © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Draftsman's Colors: Fourteen New Acquisitions from Johns to Chong was curated by Janie Lee.

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