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A piece of white bread sits against a charcoal-gray, vertical, rectangular field. The piece is cast in lead, and the bread painted. Incised in the lower left corner, an inscription reads, “Gemini I.” To the right, a second incised inscription reads “J Johns 1969.”

Jasper Johns

Bread, 1969

Not on View

series Title

Lead Reliefs

Medium

lead relief laminated with embossed, oil-painted paper

Dimensions

sheet: 58.42 × 43.18 cm (23 × 17 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

Catalogue Raisonné

ULAE, no. 076

Accession Number

1991.74.72

Artists / Makers

Jasper Johns (artist) American, born 1930

Kenneth Tyler (edition production) American, born 1931

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

incised lower left: Gemini I; incised lower right: J Johns / 1969; center verso in blue ink by unknown hand on adhered label: GEM I

Marks and Labels

stamped lower left: [Gemini G.E.L.]; printed center verso on adhered label: Gemini G.E.L. / 8221 Melrose Avenue / Los Angeles, California / U.S.A. / Artist Jasper Johns / Title Bread / Print number JJ69-222 / Size 23 x 17

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Gemini G.E.L.

Exhibition History

1979: Poets and Painters, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, 1979-1980.

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 133.

1970: Field, Richard S. Jasper Johns: Prints 1960-1970. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, no. 122.

1994: Field, Richard S. The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. West Islip, New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1994, no. 76.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 26.29. http://www.nga.gov/gemini