About this artwork
The Savarin can, which may be interpreted as a surrogate for Johns, debuted in his work as a painted bronze sculpture in 1960. This print was commissioned as the signature image for the artist’s 1977 retrospective exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Jasper Johns
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Title
- Savarin
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Origin
- United States
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Date
- 1977
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Medium
- Color lithograph from seventeen plates on off-white handmade Twinrocker paper
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Dimensions
- 977 × 716 mm (image); 1143 × 889 mm (sheet)
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Credit Line
- U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund
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Reference Number
- 1982.981
Extended information about this artwork
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