Pinion

Prints and Drawings

1963–1966

Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)
printed by Ben Berns and Zigmunds Priede
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)

Johns created the gray portion of this print in 1963, originally intending it for a collaboration with Frank O’Hara. Later, he added a photographic detail from a 1965 painting entitled Eddingsville. While other artists, notably Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol had already used photographic imagery in their prints, Johns was the first artist Mrs. Grosman allowed to use a photomechanically-made plate. Thus he entered a new phase of possibilities in image-making. Thereafter, he could simultaneously compare a drawn illusion with a reproduction of an image.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jasper Johns
Title: Pinion
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.: 1963–1966
Medium: Lithograph in color, from two stones and one aluminum plate, on handmade Italia white wove paper
Dimensions: Image/sheet: 102.3 × 71.3 cm (40 5/16 × 28 1/8 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: 1982.950

Field 49 Artist’s proof

Field 58 Artist’s proof

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