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Property from a Private New York Collection

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Jasper Johns

White Target (U.L.A.E. 54)

Estimate
$10,000 - 20,000
$27,720
Lot Details
Lithograph in white, on Japan appliqué to black Canson paper, with full margins.
1968
I. 13 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (33.7 x 33.7 cm)
S. 29 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (74.9 x 54.6 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 32/34 in white pencil (there were also 5 artist's proofs), published by Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York (with their blindstamp), framed.

Jasper Johns

American | 1930
Jasper Johns is a painter and printmaker who holds a foundational place in twentieth century art history. Quoting the evocative gestural brushstroke of the Abstract Expressionists, Johns represented common objects such as flags, targets, masks, maps and numbers: He sought to explore things "seen and not looked at, not examined" in pictorial form.  Drawing from common commercial and 'readymade' objects, such as newspaper clippings, Ballantine Ale and Savarin Coffee cans, Johns was a bridge to Pop, Dada and Conceptual art movements.

Beyond the historical significance, each work by Johns is individually considered in sensuous form. A curiosity of medium led him to employ a range of materials from encaustic and commercial house paint to lithography, intaglio and lead relief.
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