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Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)
Simca Print Artists Inc.
Usuyuki
1981
Screenprint
29-1/2 x 47-1/4 in. (74.9 x 120.0 cm)
Print
Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 1998
1998.479
© Jasper Johns/Simka Print Artists, Inc./Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Johns began experimenting with printmaking early in his career and quickly mastered the medium, using traditional techniques to produce innovative works. "Usuyuki," Japanese for "light snow," is the title given to a series of prints that Johns created in collaboration with Simca Print Artists in the early 1980s. This technically impressive group features Johns's cross-hatching motif in a variety of designs, colors, and formats. This example, recently acquired by the Museum, is among the largest and most complicated prints from the series, utilizing twelve screens to create subtle gradations of color and a collagelike layered effect.