About This Artwork
Usuyuki (edition)1979
Offset lithograph tripych, printed from 10 plates on hand-fed proofing press on one sheet of white wove aper
697 x 1122 mm (image); 874 x 1278 mm (sheet)
U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; restricted gift of supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund, 1983.568
Field 127; Universal Limited Art Editions 127 artist's proof
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Usuyuki has many meanings in Japanese: a light snow, something that passes quickly, or a Kabuki play that tells a love story. Here, striking developments are apparent in Johns’s printmaking. The influence of the artist’s work in screenprinting can be seen in the multiple layers of transparent ink used to achieve a substantial surface, and the use of the offset press, which allowed for more layers of ink than a hand press, is apparent in the print's overall subtlety.