Jasper Johns
Figure 6, ULAE 65, 1969
lithograph in colors, on Arjomari paper
image: 27 ½ x 21 ¼ inches
paper: 38 x 31 inches
frame: 42 x 35 inches
edition: 40 + 12 AP's, 1 PP
signed and dated in red pencil lower right recto
numbered in pencil lower left recto
published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Floated archival blonde wood frame with UV plexiglass
Condition
Museum quality condition, the colors fresh, the margins full, Jasper Johns signature and date in bright red crayon, the edition number in pencil. Floated archival blonde wood frame with UV plexiglass.
This original 1969 Jasper Johns Figure 6 ULAE 65, is a signed, numbered and dated limited edition lithograph in colors on Arjomari paper. The museum-quality impression features fresh, vibrant colors, full margins, and is boldly signed and dated in red pencil with the edition number in black pencil. It is presented in an archival blonde wood frame with UV plexiglass for enhanced preservation and display.
Literature
Michael Crichton, Jasper Johns, Harry N.Abrams, Inc./The Whitney Museum of Art, New York, 1977, plate 139, n.p., another impression reproduced.
Carlo Huber, Jasper Johns: Graphik, Verlag Klipstein und Kornfeld, Bern, 1970, plate 110, n.p., another impression reproduced in color.
Shigeo Chiba, Jasper Johns Prints Exhibition 1960–1989, Tokyo, 1990, Japan Art and Culture Association/Kokusai Geijutsu Bunka Shinkokai, n.p., plate 8, another impression reproduced.
Michel Butor, Kathleen Slavin, Jasper Johns Gravures Dessins 1960-1991, Foundation Vincent Van Gogh, 1992, no. 7, pg. 52, another impression reproduced in color.
Richard Field, The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonne, ULAE, New York, 1994, Catalogue Reference ULAE 65, n.p., another impression reproduced full-page color.
Susan Lorence, Technique and Collaboration in the Prints of Jasper Johns, Castelli Gallery, New York, 1996, Catalogue Reference 12g, n.p., another impression reproduced in black and white.
Roberta Bernstein, Carter E. Foster, Jasper Johns Numbers, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003, pg. 79, another impression reproduced in color.
Carlos Basualdo, Scott Rothkopf, Jasper Johns Mind/Mirror, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2021, another impression reproduced plate 46, pg. 86.
Exhibited
Kunsthalle, Bern, Die Grafik Jasper Johns, April 17-May 29, 1971, another impression exhibited.
Whitney Museum of America Art, New York, Jasper Johns, October 18, 1977-January 22, 1978, another impression exhibited.
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Jasper Johns, February 10-March 26, 1978, another impression exhibited.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Jasper Johns, April 18-June 4, 1978, another impression exhibited.
Hayward Gallery, London, Jasper Johns, June 21-July 30, 1978, another impression exhibited.
Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Jasper Johns, August 19-September 26, 1978, another impression exhibited.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Franscisco, Jasper Johns, October 20-December 10, 1978, another impression exhibited.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Jasper Johns: A Print Retrospective, May 19–Aug 19, 1986, another impression exhibited.
The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Prints Exhibition 1960–1989, Traveled to The Seibu Department Store, Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, April 26th—May 15th, 1990, Isetan Department Store, Niigata, June 7-19, 1990, Isetan Department Store, Urawa, July 18-24, 1990, Isetan Department Store, Matsudo, August 9—August 14, 1990, Isetan Department Store, Shizuoka, August 23—August 28, 1990, another impression exhibited.
Foundation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, Jasper Johns Prints and Drawings from the Castelli collection, July 4-September 30, 1992, another impression exhibited.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Jasper Johns Mind/Mirror, September 29, 2021-February 13, 2022, other impressions exhibited.
Selected Museum Collections
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
National Gallery of Art, Australia
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Franscisco
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge
The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. — includes three trial proofs and working proofs of Figure 6, 1969 by Jasper Johns.
