Decoy [1]

Artist Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)

Publisher Universal Limited Art Editions

Date1971

MediumColor lithograph

DimensionsOverall: 41 × 29 inches (104.14 × 73.66 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Guild of the Friends of Art

Object numberF73-4

Signed(b., pencil): "52/55 J. Johns '71"

Edition/State/Proof52/55

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DescriptionBottom, pale grey impressions of eight cancelled photoengravings bisected horizontally by spectrum line pierced by round hole, center. Scrubbed black area over green, left, right, and margin (?), bears Ballantine ale can on square tan reserve. Center, topped by instructions in script. Yellowish area above, blue-green section, top. Color names in mirror images, left, extending into work "Violet", upper right, below wax cast of leg (to just above knee) (Barbara Rose's) with bolt through ankle.

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