Art %C2%A9 Jasper Johns %2F Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C NY
0 through 9, 1960
Lithographexpand_more
The Mr. and Mrs. Hall James Peterson Fundexpand_more P.71.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
For Jasper Johns, the familiar objects and signs of everyday life are ideal subjects for art. It was a radical notion in the mid-1950s, when he and other young artists rejected the emotionally-charged gestural abstraction of the previous generation. Experimenting with mundane subjects such as flags, targets, maps, letters, and numerals, Johns discovered that these neutral motifs allowed the material surfaces of his works to assert themselves.
In this early lithograph, Johns superimposes the numbers 0 through 9 in a single, semi-abstract composition. He depicts the numbers as tangible objects with no symbolic or mathematical meaning. For Johns, the meaning is in the making. Here, his crayon marks on the lithographic stone signify his physical actions and procedures over time.
Details
- Title
- 0 through 9
- Artist Life
- born 1930
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.71.2
- Provenance
- [Dayton's Gallery 12, Minneapolis]; sold to MIA, 1971
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Field (1970) 4, ULAE 3
- Curator Approved
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Art © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY