Skin with O'Hara Poem

Prints and Drawings

1963–65

Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)
poetry by Frank O’Hara (American, 1926-1966)
printed by Zigmunds Priede and Ben Berns (American, born The Netherlands, 1936)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)

In 1963, Johns began a series of prints that featured his own body parts as their principal imagery. As with Pinion, the artist spent more time than usual completing these prints. This print closely echoes a 1962 drawing, Study for Skin I. Prophetically, Johns included a poem by Frank O’Hara, who would die in 1966.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jasper Johns
Title: Skin with O'Hara Poem
Place: United States (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1963–1965
Medium: Lithograph in black from two stones on commercially printed off-white semi-transparent wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 53.9 × 83.9 cm (21 1/4 × 33 1/16 in.); Sheet: 55.9 × 86.3 cm (22 1/16 × 34 in.)
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
Reference Number: 1982.949

Field 48

Sparks 57 artist’s proof

Field 21

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