Hatching [trial proof 4]
1976
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etching and aquatint in black on wove paper [trial proof]
Dimensions
plate: 26.67 × 17.78 cm (10 1/2 × 7 in.) sheet: 31.91 × 25.4 cm (12 9/16 × 10 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
2008.136.236
Art Historical Context
**Hatching [trial proof4]**, created by Jasper Johns in 1976, invites visitors into the intimate world of an artist's experimentation. This etching and aquatint in black on wove paper—measuring a compact plate size of 26.67 × 17.78 cm—is a trial proof, the fourth in a series of test prints made before the final edition. Acquired through the Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art, it exemplifies Johns' meticulous printmaking process during a prolific period in his career. Johns, a towering figure in postwar American art, is renowned for challenging the bound...
About the Artist
Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker whose revolutionary work fundamentally transformed the trajectory of postwar American art. Emerging in the 1950s when Abstract Expressionism dominated the New York art world, Johns introduced a radically different approach by painting familiar, everyday symbols—flags, targets, numbers, and maps—that he des...