Past exhibition

Exhibition: Jasper Johns: From Plate to Print

Printmaking has been integral to the work of preeminent American painter Jasper Johns (born 1930) throughout his career. He approaches each project with a thorough knowledge of the medium, exploiting its intrinsic characteristics—mark-making, replication, reversal, layering, fragmentation, and memory. Jasper Johns: From Plate to Print focuses on an untitled 1999 intaglio print by the artist, featuring the working proofs, trial proofs, and progressives leading up to the final print, as well as the five plates used in its creation. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to explore the artistic and mechanical process of printmaking while providing a glimpse into the artist’s creative process—his development of motifs, color choices, and graphic enhancement.

Jasper Johns, Untitled, 1999. Color intaglio (hard ground etching, softground, and aquatint) printed on Hahnemuhle Copperplate paper. Yale University Art Gallery, Katharine Ordway Fund. © Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Exhibition and publication organized by Elizabeth C. DeRose, the Florence B. Selden Curatorial Assistant, Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Yale University Art Gallery.

Made possible by the Florence B. Selden and the Heald Foundation Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Funds, with additional support provided by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan, B.A. 1949.

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