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Flag on Orange

1998

Jasper Johns

(American, b. 1930)
Culture
America
Medium
color etching and aquatint
Measurements
Image: 44 x 28.9 cm (17 5/16 x 11 3/8 in.); Plate: 45.2 x 30 cm (17 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 68.1 x 50.5 cm (26 13/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Kline 2024.154
Edition
Artist's Proof 5/6 from an edition of 27
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Jasper Johns is a prolific printmaker and has created nearly 500 original prints.

Description

This print features one of Jasper Johns’s preferred images—the American flag—against a bold orange background. The artist became especially well-known for everyday imagery, including flags, targets, maps, and the alphabet. Rooted in his study of psychology and phenomenology, Johns depicted such everyday imagery in ways that drew attention to their representation. He described himself as drawn to “things the mind already knows [that give] me room to work on other levels.”
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Flag on Orange

1998

Jasper Johns

(American, b. 1930)
America

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