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Jasper Johns Within 2007 Acrylic over etching. Framed: 44 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. (112.4 x 90.2 cm). This work is signed and dated “J. Johns ‘07” along the lower right edge of image. This work is unique.
Provenance Courtesy of the artist Catalogue Essay Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life. I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement. I personally would like to keep the painting in a state of ‘shunning statement,’ so that one is left with the fact that one can experience individually as one pleases; that is not to focus the attention in one way, but to leave the situation as a kind of actual thing, so that the experience of it is variable. D. Sylvester, “Interview with Jasper Johns ” Jasper Johns Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1974, p. 11 Read More Artist Bio 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. View More Works