Lithograph on paper
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Two Flags black
Purchased 1980
abstraction
emotions, concepts and ideas
flag, USA / Stars and Stripes
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
gestural
man-made
monochromatic
non-representational
objects
religious and ceremonial
repetition
paper print lithograph
Two Flags (black)
image: 627 × 495 mm
Purchased 1980
<p><b>P07398</b> TWO FLAGS (BLACK) 1970–2</p>
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<p>Inscribed ‘J Johns 70–72’ bottom right and ‘11/40’
<br/>Lithograph, printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, New York, 24 5/8×19 1/2 (62.7×49.5)
<br/>Purchased from Universal Limited Art Editions (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
<br/>Lit: Richard S. Field Jasper Johns Prints 1970– 77, Middletown, Connecticut 1978, no.165
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<br/>For this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a>, Johns reworked two stones previously used for ‘Two Flags (gray)’ (op.cit., no.164), scratching into their surfaces and adding more marks with tusche. Field notes that this print resembles a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> (now lost), ‘Two Flags’ 1959, in which the flags are placed horizontally one above the other. In ‘(gray)’ they are vertical side by side and appear as drawn because they are printed offset: in ‘(black)’ they were printed direct and thus reversed from the way they were drawn.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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abstraction emotions, concepts and ideas flag, USA / Stars and Stripes formal qualities from recognisable sources gestural man-made monochromatic non-representational objects religious and ceremonial repetition