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Figure 1 by Jasper Johns

Figure 1

Jasper Johns · 1957

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Artist
Jasper Johns
Date
1957
Medium
Graphite with erasing on cream wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
27 × 20 cm (10 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
ART MOVEMENTS
Neo-DadaPostmodernism
THE ARTIST

Jasper Johns

1930 · United States

Jasper Johns redefined American art by painting everyday objects like flags and targets, challenging perceptions of art and representation.

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Greyed Rainbow Same era · 1940s–1970s Greyed Rainbow Jackson Pollock · 1953 · Art Institute of Chicago Sun Spot Same era · 1940s–1970s Sun Spot Yayoi Kusama · 1953 · Art Institute of Chicago Impregnazione Same era · 1940s–1970s Impregnazione Piero Manzoni · 1958 Essai Same era · 1940s–1970s Essai Sam Francis · 1963 · Art Institute of Chicago Deux personnages Same era · 1940s–1970s Deux personnages Pierre Alechinsky · 1950 Alka Seltzer Same era · 1940s–1970s Alka Seltzer Roy Lichtenstein · 1966 · Art Institute of Chicago Portrait of Mary Block Same era · 1940s–1970s Portrait of Mary Block Ivan Puni · 1955 · Art Institute of Chicago Woman at the Piano Same era · 1940s–1970s Woman at the Piano Philip Evergood · 1955 · Smithsonian American Art Museum
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