Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Flag on Orange Field
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Image View:
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Detail, lower right corner of flag and textured orange background (use of encaustic)
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Creator:
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Jasper Johns (American painter, born 1930)
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Location:
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repository: Museum Ludwig (Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) ML 01050
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Location Note:
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Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' (Exhibition, February 10-May 13, 2018)
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Date:
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1957 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Pop; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint and encaustic on canvas
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Technique:
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encaustic painting (technique); oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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167 cm (height) x 124 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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flags; American flag; color field
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Description:
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Johns is quoted "Flag on Orange was involved with how to have more than one element in the painting and how to be able to extend the space beyond the limits of ... the predetermined image.." He had already been painting the series of flags and in this painting place the flag on a color field. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-JOHNS-SRT-FOF-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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