Lithograph on paper
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White Target
Purchased 1980
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2003-08-24
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2004-03-28
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2005-01-09
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2003-03-01
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White Target
image: 336 × 333 mm
frame: 706 × 553 × 30 mm
Purchased 1980
<p><b>P07397</b> WHITE TARGET 1967–8
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<br/>Inscribed ‘J Johns 68’ bottom right and ‘2/4 TRIAL PROOF (MOUNTED ON INGRES)’
<br/>Lithograph, printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, New York, 13 1/2×13 1/2 (34.2×34.2)
<br/>Purchased from Universal Limited Art Editions (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
<br/>Lit: Richard S. Field Jasper Johns Prints 1960– 70 Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1970, n.p.
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<br/>One of several alternative trial proofs for ‘White Target’ (op.cit., no.91), which was printed from the same six stones as a black <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> (op.cit., no.63) and a colour print (op.cit., no.69) with a seventh added to outline the image. Printed on black Japan <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/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> laid down on blue-grey Ingres paper. In this respect 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/proof" title="Glossary definition for 'Proof'"><span>proof</span></a> differs from the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/edition" title="Glossary definition for 'Edition'"><span>edition</span></a> of 34.
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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 formal qualities from recognisable sources gestural man-made objects sports and games target