Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
0 through 9
Image View:
Detail, superimposed numbers and brushwork on top of them
Creator:
Jasper Johns (American painter, born 1930)
Location:
repository: Tate Modern (London, England, United Kingdom) T00454
Location Note:
Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' (Exhibition, February 10-May 13, 2018)
Date:
1961 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Pop; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
137 cm (height) x 105 cm (width)
Subjects:
abstraction; typography or calligraphy
Description:
This large work, rendered in distinct areas of red, blue and golden yellow, presents the viewer with the numerical figures 0-9, each scaled to fill the whole canvas and superimposed over one another. 0 through 9 was made by Johns in 1961 when he was living in New York. It is one of a series of twelve works by the artist, some produced in editions, that show the numbers 0 to 9 superimposed over one another. The series began with a drawing of 1960 (Museum of Modern Art, New York). In total, there are five paintings in the series the same size, including one made using a grey monochrome technique known as grisaille. Johns also made three smaller paintings on paper, a metallic relief, a pastel and a lithograph. (Source: Tate Gallery [website]; http://www.tate.org. uk)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-JOHNS-SRT-0T9-A0 2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

0 through 9