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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Three Flags
Work_PrefTitle
Three Flags
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Overall view from side showing depth of stacked canvases
Image_Title
Overall view from side showing depth of stacked canvases
Image View
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Creator:
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Jasper Johns (American painter, born 1930)
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Jasper Johns (American painter, born 1930)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, New York, United States) 80.32
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repository: Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, New York, United States) 80.32
Location
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Location Note:
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Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' (Exhibition, February 10-May 13, 2018)
Work_LocationNotes
Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' (Exhibition, February 10-May 13, 2018)
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Date:
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1958 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1958 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Twentieth century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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assemblage (sculpture)
Work_Worktype1
assemblage (sculpture)
Work Type 1
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Work Type 2:
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painting (visual work)
Work_Worktype2
painting (visual work)
Work Type 2
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Classification:
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Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
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Material:
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oil paint and encaustic on canvas
Work_MaterialDisplay
oil paint and encaustic on canvas
Material
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Technique:
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encaustic painting (technique)
Work_Technique
encaustic painting (technique)
Technique
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Measurements:
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77.8 cm (height) x 115.6 cm (width) x 11.7 cm (depth)
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77.8 cm (height) x 115.6 cm (width) x 11.7 cm (depth)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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American flag
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American flag
Subjects
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Description:
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In 1954, Jasper Johns began painting what would become one of his signature emblems: the American flag. As an iconic image, comparable to the targets, maps, and letters that he also has depicted, Johns realized that the flag was “seen and not looked at, not examined.” The execution and composition of Three Flags elicit close inspection by the viewer. The painting draws attention to the process of its making through Johns’s use of encaustic, a mixture of pigment suspended in warm wax that congeals as each stroke is applied; the resulting accumulation of discrete marks creates a sensuous, almost sculptural surface. The work’s structural arrangement adds to its complexity. The trio of flags, each successively diminished in scale by about twenty-five percent, projects outward, contradicting classical perspective, in which objects appear to recede from the viewer’s vantage point. (Source: Whitney Museum of American Art [website]; https://www.whitney. org/)
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In 1954, Jasper Johns began painting what would become one of his signature emblems: the American flag. As an iconic image, comparable to the targets, maps, and letters that he also has depicted, Johns realized that the flag was “seen and not looked at, not examined.” The execution and composition of Three Flags elicit close inspection by the viewer. The painting draws attention to the process of its making through Johns’s use of encaustic, a mixture of pigment suspended in warm wax that congeals as each stroke is applied; the resulting accumulation of discrete marks creates a sensuous, almost sculptural surface. The work’s structural arrangement adds to its complexity. The trio of flags, each successively diminished in scale by about twenty-five percent, projects outward, contradicting classical perspective, in which objects appear to recede from the viewer’s vantage point. (Source: Whitney Museum of American Art [website]; https://www.whitney. org/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-JOHNS-SRT-TF-A02
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-JOHNS-SRT-TF-A02
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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