![]() ![]() The photograph itself seemed to ask for my attention. (127 x 85.7 cm.) Sale: Prints & Multiples Showcase Auction 18196, Wednesday, January 25, 2023, Lot 40068 Estimate: Est. In an unprecedented collaboration, the Whitney. 1930) continues to influence todays artists like few others. ![]() It’s not his most famous image why did that one speak to you? Artist: Jasper Johns (American, born 1930) Title: Two Flags (Whitney Anniversary), 1980 Medium: Lithograph in colors on Arches 88 paper Size: 50 x 33.75 in. The radical, inventive art of Jasper Johns (b. You have returned in several works to a LIFE photograph by Larry Burrows of a soldier devastated by the death of a fellow soldier. Jasper Johns at The Whitney: The Magician at Play Highbrow Magazine Jasper Johns at The Whitney: The Magician at Play Posted Sunday, Novem5:39 pm Photography & Art Sandra Bertrand In the mid-1950s, Jasper Johns had a dream about an American flag. My first Flag painting followed a dream of an American flag so that is what I painted. Would any flag have worked? The Union Jack? The Japanese sun? Did any of these things start to become unfamiliar?Īll familiar things can open into strange worlds. You have spoken of how many of your works start with “things the mind already knows,” - numbers, colors, targets, flags. Medium Graphite pencil, carborundum, and carborundum washes on paper Dimensions Sheet (Irregular): 53 3/4 × 41 13/16in. I am lucky for being able to devote myself to work that remains interesting to me. ![]() It’s not what I set out to do, but I suppose the possibility that it might be a consequence is a nice thought.įor what in your life do you feel most grateful? CNN At 91 years old, Jasper Johns is one of the most important living artists today, with auction sales worth tens of millions of dollars and a seven-decade career credited with changing. One of your friends, the poet Frank O’Hara, wrote that he was “sentimental enough to wish to contribute something to life’s fabric, to the world’s beauty.” Do you feel confident you have done that? ![]()
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