About this artwork
From this, his very first published print, Johns mapped out his proprietary approach to printmaking. Here it is exemplified by his straightforward crayon drawing, with smudging, and a few brushed touches of tusche (the liquid medium used in lithography to create wash effects).
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Jasper Johns
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Title
- Target
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- 1960
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Medium
- Lithograph from one stone in black on ivory wove paper
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Inscriptions
- Signed, recto, lower right, below image, in graphite: "J. Johns '60"; inscribed lower left, below image, in graphite: "artist's proof"
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Dimensions
- Image: 30.5 × 30.5 cm (12 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 57.4 × 44.8 cm (22 5/8 × 17 11/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund
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Reference Number
- 1982.938
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Copyright
- Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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