Target with Four Faces.
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Title |
Target with Four Faces. |
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Creator |
Johns, Jasper (American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, born 1930) |
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Date |
1955 |
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Cultural Context |
American
North American |
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Style/Period |
Modern (styles and periods)
Neo-Dada
Pop (fine arts styles) |
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Subject |
Targets (Sports)
Body parts
Faces
Mouths
Noses |
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Description |
Encaustic and collage on canvas with plaster casts; Information from the MOMA website (http://www.moma.org/) (10/2011): "1955. Encaustic on newspaper and cloth over canvas surmounted by four tinted-plaster faces in wood box with hinged front, Overall, with box open, 33 5/8 x 26 x 3" (85.3 x 66 x 7.6 cm); canvas 26 x 26" (66 x 66 cm); box (closed) 3 3/4 x 26 x 3 1/2" (9.5 x 66 x 8.8 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Scull." (http://www.moma.org); NOTE: The date given for this work in Lucie-Smith is 1958. |
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Material |
Paint
Encaustic paint
Canvas
Wood (plant material)
Plaster
Mixed media |
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Measurements |
29 3/4 x 26 x 3 3/4" |
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Technique |
Painting (image-making)
Encaustic painting (technique)
Assemblage (sculpture technique)
Sculpture techniques
Sculpting
Collage (technique) |
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Work Type |
Paintings
Encaustic paintings (visual works)
Collages
Assemblages (sculpture)
Sculpture
Plasterwork
Mixed media |
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Repository |
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (New York, New York) |
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Source |
Kozloff, Max. Jasper Johns. New York: Abrams, [1968]. (pl.5) |
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Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kozloff courtesy: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Scull. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 2446-03.jpg |
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