Jasper Johns, ‘The Critic Sees’, Embossed screenprint, 1967Embossing with screenprint in relief with

Jasper Johns, ‘The Critic Sees’, Embossed screenprint, 1967
Embossing with screenprint in relief with acetate collage
USA, 1967
Jasper Johns (b. 1930) – American Pop and Neo-Dada artist
Published by Tanglewood Press, Inc, New York
Printed by Joan Farrar, New Orleans with the blind stamp in lower left
From an edition of 200
Signed by the artist, titled, and dated in the lower left margin
Numbered in the lower right recto margin
For reference, see Field, 68
Image: 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (9.2 x 16.2 cm)
Sheet: 24 x 19 ½ in. (61 x 49.5 cm)
Very good condition
Estimate: $5,500-$7,500

An important vintage Pop print by Johns, based on a 1961 bronze he created depicting a pair of glasses with two mouths where the eyes should have been, in response to a critic who harangued him. The idea that for most people language is a substitute for actual perception is one of the artist’s most important ideas, and many of his works from the 1960s used language and numbers to provocative ways to disrupt the viewer’s assumptions.

Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930)

Jasper Johns is well-known for his depictions of letters, numbers, targets and flags. He is one of the pioneers of American Pop Art, but also deeply influenced the development of American Minimalism. Jasper John left his home town Augusta in Georgia in 1952 and moved to New York, where he met important artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage and Merce Cunningham. Shortly after (c. 1954/55) the artist painted his groundbreaking painting ‘Flag’, which launched his worldwide success in 1958, starting with his first solo exhibition at the New York gallery Leo Castelli and followed by his participation at the Biennale in Venice. Jasper Johns’ artistic relevance was finally sealed by the acquisition of three works by the Museum of Modern Art in York. In the 1960s, John's increasingly engaged in printmaking, as it emphasized his interest of serial processes in art. In the 1980s he was primarily interested in realistic figurative depictions (partly with reference to his own biography). Jasper Johns lives and works in New York and his multi-faceted oeuvre is represented in the world’s leading museums of Contemporary Art.

Condition

In overall very good condition.

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Embossing with screenprint in relief with acetate collage
USA, 1967
Jasper Johns (b. 1930) – American Pop and Neo-Dada artist
Published by Tanglewood Press, Inc, New York
Printed by Joan Farrar, New Orleans with the blind stamp in lower left
From an edition of 200
Signed by the artist, titled, and dated in the lower left margin
Numbered in the lower right recto margin
For reference, see Field, 68
Image: 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (9.2 x 16.2 cm)
Sheet: 24 x 19 ½ in. (61 x 49.5 cm)
Very good condition
Estimate: $5,500-$7,500

An important vintage Pop print by Johns, based on a 1961 bronze he created depicting a pair of glasses with two mouths where the eyes should have been, in response to a critic who harangued him. The idea that for most people language is a substitute for actual perception is one of the artist’s most important ideas, and many of his works from the 1960s used language and numbers to provocative ways to disrupt the viewer’s assumptions.

Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930)

Jasper Johns is well-known for his depictions of letters, numbers, targets and flags. He is one of the pioneers of American Pop Art, but also deeply influenced the development of American Minimalism. Jasper John left his home town Augusta in Georgia in 1952 and moved to New York, where he met important artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage and Merce Cunningham. Shortly after (c. 1954/55)