Flashlight, from 1st Etchings, 2nd State

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jasper Johns

Title

Flashlight, from 1st Etchings, 2nd State

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1967–1969

Medium

Etching and aquatint in black on handmade ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed, recto lower right, in graphite: “J. Johns ‘67–‘69”; center left, below plate, in graphite: “AP 2/9”; blind stamp, lower left corner: “ULAE”

Dimensions

Plate: 23.3 × 33.4 cm (9 3/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Sheet: 65.6 × 50.5 cm (25 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

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

Reference Number

1983.545

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