Jasper Johns

 
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Flag, Encaustic, oil and collage on fabric mounted on plywood,1954-55

 

 

 

Detail of Flag (1954-55). Museum of Modern Art, New York City. This image illustrates Johns' early technique of painting with thick, dripping encaustic over a collage made from found materials such as newspaper. This rough method of construction is rarely visible in photographic reproductions of his work.

 
 
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Jasper Johns, Three Flags, Target

Target 1974

Jasper Johns: Gray

 
 

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Jasper Johns, Map, 1961. Museum of Modern Art New York City. Flags, maps, targets, stenciled words and numbers were themes used by Johns in the 1960s.

 
 

 

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Jasper Johns - "Numbers in Color", 1958-1959

 

 

   
 

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