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JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)
Usuyuki
signed and dated 'Jasper Johns 1979-'81' (on the reverse of the left canvas)
triptych—oil and charcoal on canvas, in artist-appointed frame
Each canvas: 27 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. (69.5 x 38.7 cm.)
Framed: 29 3/8 x 49 1/4 in. (74.6 x 125.1 cm.)
Executed in 1979-1981
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
Douglas S. Cramer, Miami (acquired from the above, by May 1983).
Samuel and Ronnie Heyman, New York (acquired from the above, 1998).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2015.
Literature
R. Bernstein, Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Painting and Sculpture; Painting 1971-2014, New York, 2016, vol. 3, p. 88, no. P220 (illustrated in color, p. 89).
R. Bernstein, Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonné of Painting and Sculpture; Painting 1971-2014, New York, 2016, vol. 5, p. 172, no. P220 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Houston, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Janie C. Lee Honoring Leo Castelli, March-April 1982.
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Jasper Johns Usuyuki, October-December 2006.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jasper Johns Mind/Mirror, September 2021-February 2022 (illustrated in color, p. 126, no. 24).
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