Numbers
1967
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
56.9 × 50.7 cm (image) 70.6 × 59.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Henry and Dinah Krongold, Founder Benefactors, 1984
© Jasper Johns/VAGA, New York. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
It was after a dream in 1954 that Jasper Johns first painted an image of the American flag. This inspired a series of emblematic images such as targets, numbers and alphabets. Johns used such recognisable symbols because they could almost be treated as abstract designs, allowing him to concentrate on mark making and the formal compositional aspects of his work. Johns and partner Robert Rauschenberg were credited with reintroducing figurative subject matter into painting and inspiring the transition of Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art.
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Field 33
Edition
printer's proof 2/2, edition of 35
Printing/Publishing
printed by Fred Genis and Zigmunds Priede at Universal Limited Art Editions, New York
Accession Number
P140-1984
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Abstract Art
Subjects (specific)
black (colour) brush strokes dark (colour attribute) grids (layout features) numbers paint layers repetition (artistic concept)