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Jasper Johns
Figure 71955

On view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3
Vertical abstract painting with heavily textured surface in off-white, pearl gray, and pale silver, with rust-orange visible beneath scraped and cracked paint layers

Jasper Johns, Figure 7, 1955, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Robert H. Halff through the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jasper Johns
United States, Georgia, Augusta, born 1930
Title
Figure 7
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1955
Medium
Encaustic and collage
Dimensions
17 1/2 × 14 in. (44.45 × 35.56 cm) Framed: 23 3/8 × 19 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (59.37 × 50.55 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert H. Halff through the Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number
M.2005.38.1
Classification
Collages
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1930-); [Leo Castelli Gallery, New York]; sold in 1958 to Dr. Charles R. Hulbeck (1892-1974) (formerly Richard Huelsenbeck) and Beate Hulbeck. [B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago]; sold in 1963 to Robert H. Halff (1908-1996), Beverly Hills; given in 2003 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie, Michel Draguet, and Sara Cochran. Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Belgium: Ludion, 2006.
  • Bernstein, Roberta, ed. Jasper Johns. London: Royal Academy of Arts in collaboration with The Broad, 2017.

  • Basualdo, Carlos, and Scott Rothkopf, editors. Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2021.
Copyright
© Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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