Light Bulb [working proof], 1976

Not on View

Medium

lithograph with chalk additions [working proof]

Dimensions

sheet: 43.5 x 35.56 cm (17 1/8 x 14 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 170 [working proof]

Accession Number

2008.136.533

Artists / Makers

Jasper Johns (artist) American, born 1930

Bill Goldston (printer) American, active late 20th century

James V. Smith (printer) American, active late 20th century

Universal Limited Art Editions (publisher)

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Inscription

in graphite, along bottom of sheet, lower left: WORKING PROOF WITH CHALK ADDITIONS; lower right: J JOHNS / '76; center verso in graphite: Hand Rolled / line plate / printed / first / and / then grey / wash plate

Marks and Labels

blind stamp: [chop of Universal Limited Art Editions]

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Johns, Jasper

Bibliography

1978: Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1970-1977. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1978, no.

1994: Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 170.