Light Bulb, plate two from 1st Etchings

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jasper Johns

Title

Light Bulb, plate two from 1st Etchings

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.

1967–1968

Medium

Etching and photoengraving from two plates in black on gray wove paper, tipped onto portfolio page of ivory Japanese paper, laid down on four-ply board, and bound in accordion format

Dimensions

169 × 225 mm (image/plate, upper); 88 × 113 mm (image, lower); 100 × 124 mm (plate, lower); 663 × 514 mm (primary support); 710 × 561 mm (secondary support); 710 × 1126 mm (open folio); 710 × 565 × 35 mm (closed portfolio)

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

1983.539

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