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

Mar 2–July 7, 2001

A mixed media artwork composed of multiple panels, each featuring an abstract pattern of overlapping black and white lines with occasional splashes of color. The panels are bordered by colorful tape, and the entire piece is mounted on a white background with visible screws at the corners.
A mixed media artwork composed of multiple panels, each featuring an abstract pattern of overlapping black and white lines with occasional splashes of color. The panels are bordered by colorful tape, and the entire piece is mounted on a white background with visible screws at the corners.

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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